RE: Copyright title of a work?

From: Michael Graham <mgraham[_at_]marshallip.com>
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 11:35:22 -0500

Mikhail:  

Copyright in the U.S. will not protect the name of a work unless it is separately entitled to copyright (like the title of Sinead O'Connor's album, I suppose). For protection of the title of a game, provided that the title is used to indicate the source of the game and/or the particular game itself, it could be entitled to protection as a trademark. Of course, it would have to be non-confusingly similar to any existing trademarks and capable of serving as a trademark (not generic or merely descriptive). But this would be the best protection for the concerns you express.  

Michael R. Graham

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	From: Mikhail [mailto:krautinator2001[_at_]yahoo.com] 
	Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 10:40 PM
	To: CNI-COPYRIGHT -- Copyright & Intellectual Property
	Subject: [CNI-(C)] Copyright title of a work?
	
	
	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)          

        thank you for your time

        Die Augen des Gottes sehen Sie.         

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