You can copyright names in a given context. For example you can copyright boost so that no software >library but your own may call itself "boost". It becomes a brand. But someone can come up with clothes >called "Boost" and you can't prevent them from using your name unless you copyrighted the name of boost >for clothes as well (or the usage will harm you somehow, as you can guess it's to who's going to get the >best lawyers).
Copyrights have a limited reach, you need to pay for copyright per country and per class.
Sorry I red and wrote too quickly, I meant trademark, copyright is a different thing. You were correct about not being able to copyright a word in itself. -Edouard __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4849 (20100208) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com