In the message of Eric Thomas: > > On Mon, 5 Dec 1994 15:13:17 -0400 Terry Oakes > <[log in to unmask]> said: > > >Are other listowners registering their listnames as trademarks and the > >lists as patents and what are the legal ramifications. > > I think you'd have a hard time registering a list name as a trademark. > Registering a list as a patent... I don't see how you could do that. What What about just copyrighting the welcome/info page which includes the listname and its use/meaning? S.