how can I copyright the name and identity of a character i have created?

Answer 1

You can copyright any artistic expression -- stories, pictures, graphic images -- but you cannot copyright names or identities. While someone else cannot copy your drawing or your story about character, they create their own similar idea.

Character backgrounds and plot structures are generally subject to copyright, so someone cannot write a new story about a character you created and set it in the same context and story line.

But that doesn't stop someone from having a completely different character by the same name.


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EDIT: Patents protect ideas and inventions -- not names, images, or logos.

Answer 2

By publishing a work containing the identity and name. Simple names and written descriptions are very difficult to protect. It would help if your published work contained a picture or illustration of the character.

Answer 3

All creative designs are almost already copyrighted, but I would go the legal route and fill papers with the US Copyright Office, and follow all the steps outlined in the statutes.

The website is:
http://www.copyright.gov/

Answer 4

You file for a copy write the same as you do a patent.

legalzoom.com might give you the info your looking for

Answer 5

Copywriting isnt the way to go, you should get it patent.