"You can't copyright a word in general use, and you certainly can't
patent it. No problem here. You might be able to prevent it's use for
other, very similar, purposes; e.g., another magazine couldn't call
itself Soaring if it was about soaring sailplanes, instead of, say,
Peter Pan fantasies."

Yes, but recently a patent was issued for the peanutbutter and jelly
sandwich. I suppose now each day a mom or dad makes one for their kid's
lunch they will have to pay a royalty.

Brian