At 10:58 AM 4/2/99 , you wrote: >My own followup already. Another member of this brand X list says that >"listserve" can be used, as it is spelled differently. I believe that >again the Kimberly Clark folks would object to Kleenexx as well. L-Soft?? > >dan Not that this is the opinion of LSOFT, but my own humble comment, I would remind you of this situation: The National Board of Realtors have a copyrighted trademark of: REALTOR but, the term Realitor is a generic widely used for anyone selling real estate. I see a corollary here... Bob Wright The NOSPIN Group, Inc. http://nospin.com - http://nospin.org >At 10:52 AM 4/2/99 -0700, you wrote: >>I've just informed people on a non-LISTSERV mailing list that they should >>not use the term referrring to a generic mailing list. They replied that >>the trademark is only on it in all upper case, and that using it in lower >>case is not protected. I believe this is incorrect, but would appreciate >>some official wording from LISTSERV regarding this. After all, I believe >>Xerox cares, whether you use Xerox, XEROX, xerox, or any other >>form...they're all protected. >> >>Official word I can pass along? >> >>dan >> >>-- >>Good, Fast, and Cheap: Which two of the three would you like? >>Dan Lester, 3577 East Pecan, Boise, ID 83716 USA 208-383-0165 >>[log in to unmask] http://www.84.com/ http://www.idaholibraries.org/ >>http://library.boisestate.edu/ http://www.lili.org/ >>http://www.postcard.org/ > >-- >Good, Fast, and Cheap: Which two of the three would you like? >Dan Lester, 3577 East Pecan, Boise, ID 83716 USA 208-383-0165 >[log in to unmask] http://www.84.com/ http://www.idaholibraries.org/ >http://library.boisestate.edu/ http://www.lili.org/ http://www.postcard.org/