Yes, your novel may mention all of the characters in 'The Wizard of Oz', and also in the other books of the royal histories series by author Lyman Frank Baum [May 15, 1856-May 6, 1919]. The lifetime of the author plus 50 years after the author's death is the legal copyright protection given to the work published during the author's life. A fifty year copyright protection from the date of publication is the legal arrangement for a work that's published after the author's death.
The names are in the public domain, as the original work is from 1900. However, images from the 1939 film are still protected.
Storm Brewer Lightning Sorceror Evil Master Claudius the Great
The book and movie versions of the Wizard of Oz only refer to her as the Wicked Witch of the East. In Wicked, Gregory Maguire names her Nessarose.
Earl
Her character was called Holly Holliday
No. There may be trademark, privacy, defamation, or libel issues based on how the names are used, but names are not protected by copyright.
The names are in the public domain, as the original work is from 1900. However, images from the 1939 film are still protected.
No, copyright does not protect names nor ideas.
if you are talking about the c next to the character names it is the copyright symbol
Some Great Wizard Names Are, Zenton, Sighey, Rolestises, Wefananget, and Zaxorop.
Names and short phrases don't qualify for copyright protection. Many names are registered trademarks.
Names, titles, and common words/phrases do not qualify for copyright protection. In some cases they can be registered as trademarks.
to include Robin, Gianni and I
No. Names, titles, and common words/phrases do not qualify for copyright protection. They can be (and in the case of product names usually are) registered as trademarks, however.
Neither Copyright nor Patent law protect domain names.
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You don't. Names, titles, and common words/phrases are not eligible for copyright protection. In some cases, however, names can be registered as trademarks.