At 18:27 06/07/96 -0400, Ray Everett-Church scribed:
>Many people confuse copyrights and trademarks.
>
>Generally speaking, titles cannot be copyrighted. Trademarks or Servicemarks
>can often be registered and any use can be prosecuted. There would be a
>pretty substantial argument to be made that "listserv" is now an industry
>standard name for list servers, however L-Soft would probably argue that you
>can use tissues (not Kleenex) to clean the glass on your photostatic copy
>machine (not Xerox)... therefore you can run your list on a
>listserver.at.your.domain, not a listserv.
>
>-Ray
>
 
Well, the bottom line is:
Either LISTSERV is a registered trademark or it isn't. If it isn't, L-SOFT
can whine all day long, while they're losing ground on public domain issues.
If it is, then they can prosecute offenders (and win, hopefully!) to their
hearts' content. As for email addresses/domain names, no time like the
present for a groundbreaking case...
 
Philo <-not a lawyer!
 
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