You can register anything you please with a Copyright Office in Common Law
countries (most of the English speaking world). Its not treated like a
patent, where there is extensive examination to determine originality and
uniqueness. Such registration does not confer ANY legal protection in and
of itself. To be protected as a result of registration is a matter of
context and fair usage. The Wells Fargo and Fargo Wells example quoted by
FC illustrates the context concept, fair usage means that it is acceptable
to quote passages from a copyrighted book, etc, but not to print all or
most of it and sell it without permission of the author.

I cant fault Macahan for pulling the name. If it were me, I'd do the same.
He would win in a New York second if it went to court, but who needs the
expense and aggravation?

>From a message by Timberwolf about Re: OT: Copy right an Acronym?:
> wanna bet?

WWF!

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> No three alphanumeric characters can be copyright protected.
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> >From a message by Silver Dragon about OT: Copy right an Acronym?:
> > Today Mac from Fen got a 15 page letter stating that USO is a copy
righted trademark of some other company. Understandable. Does anyone forsee
the same issue if I typed it correctly as an acronym? like U.S.O? can people
copy right acronyms? I mean there is a U.S.O tennis tourny as well as golf.
>  > Silver Dragon (Moderator U.S.O 2003)
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