An assignment should be registered where the original copyright was registered.
No, it should not. If you wrote something, you own the copyright on it. All you need in order to assert that copyright is proof that you wrote something.
Yes, you can use the copyright symbol () even if your work is not registered. The symbol indicates that the work is protected by copyright law, whether it is registered or not.
Registration predates copyright; prior to the Statute of Anne, books were registered with the Company of Stationers beginning in the 16th century.
This is called a copyright assignment or transfer of copyright ownership.
Names, titles and common words/phrases cannot be copyrighted. The can be registered as trademarks however.
Words and short phrases do not qualify for copyright protection. Cheerios is a registered trademark.
Copyright is automatic, as soon as a work of sufficient originality is fixed in a tangible medium.
Aquacoir is protected by patent and trademark, not copyright. The trademark is registered to OMS Investments.
Individual words do not qualify for copyright protection, and there is no trademark registered with that word.
Business names are not copyrightable; they can be registered as trademarks.
Catchme.com is registered to Slingshot Labs.
Berne allows for the transfer of rights; specific assignment tends to be considered a contract law issue.