Copyright
What is a Copyright?
Copyright is a form of protection provided to the authors of “original works of authorship” including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works, both published and unpublished. The 1976 Copyright Act generally gives the owner of copyright the exclusive right to reproduce the copyrighted work, to prepare derivative works, to distribute copies or phonorecords of the copyrighted work, to perform the copyrighted work publicly, or to display the copyrighted work publicly.
The copyright protects the form of expression rather than the subject matter of the writing. For example, a description of a machine could be copyrighted, but this would only prevent others from copying the description; it would not prevent others from writing a description of their own or from making and using the machine. Copyrights are registered by the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress.
A copyright does not protect ideas, discoveries, concepts, and theories. Brand names, logos, slogans, domain names, and titles also cannot be protected under copyright law. For an original work to fall under creation, it has to be in tangible form. This means that any speech, discoveries, musical scores, or ideas have to be written down in physical form in order to be protected by copyright.
Darryl W. Shorter is a licensed attorney registered with the USPTO. He has the experience and engineering background necessary to determine the protectability and/or licensing of your trademark. He has years of experience in drafting and prosecuting copyright applications and IP licensing. His clients include individual entrepreneurs and large and small businesses.
Cite: https://www.uspto.gov/patents-getting-started/general-information-concerning-patents#heading-2