On Thu, 7 Jan 2010 14:38:21 -0500 Gilles Frydman <[log in to unmask]>
said:
>I have a follow up question. Can we copyright the names we create for
>the lists?
You can't *copyright* a name, however you can trademark it.
>If we start a monthly newsletter, distributed uniquely through listserv,
>can we claim the paternity of the name used to distribute that
>newsletter?
If it is used in interstate commerce, under US laws you can register it
as a trademark. Most countries work similarly, minus the "interstate"
business which I never really understood.
Eric