Re: Copyright title of a work?

At 11:40 PM 11/26/2003 -0500, Mikhail wrote:
>In what cases could a copyright actually protect the name of a work?
>
>I'm currently working on a computer game, and fear that the title of the
>actual game is in danger of being used by someone else, what can I do to
>temporarily protect the main character's name or title of the game without
>making a trademark? (the name of the main character is in the title)

There are many issues presented by your post. You should read "The Protection of Book Titles" http://www.ivanhoffman.com/protect.html and "The Protection of Fictional Characters"
http://www.ivanhoffman.com/characters.html on my site. Click on "Articles About Trademarks and Domain Names." http://www.ivanhoffman.com/tradearts.html

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