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No you cannot, at least not in the Untied States. Under current US copyright law names, titles, slogans, logos , mottoes, and common words/phrases are not eligible for copyright protection. Under certain circumstances however they can be registered as trademarks

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No. Names, titles and common words/phrases cannot be protected by copyright. Under certain circumstances they will qualify for trademark protection.

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No. Names, titles & common words/phrases cannot be protected by copyright. They can, under certain circumstances qualify for trademark protection.

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No, you make it a trademark. A copyright is on written materials.

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Names can never be copyrighted.

If a company's name became associated with certain products or services then the name could be registered as a trademark or service mark.

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