Without the expression of an idea, there's no way to indicate what the idea is. We could all wander around saying "I thought of that first!" but that would hardly benefit anyone.
No, copyright does not protect names nor ideas.
Ideas that have been expressed in a tangible medium can be protected by copyright. Ideas for improving processes can be protected by patent law.
Ideas cannot be protected by copyright, only the expression of the ideas.
Ideas cannot be protected by copyright: only the expression of the ideas.
Ideas cannot be protected by copyright; only the expression of the ideas.
Ideas cannot be protected by copyright; only the expression of those ideas. If you write a script, it is automatically protected; registration is not required.
Ideas cannot be protected by copyright, only the original expression of those ideas, fixed in a tangible form, can be.
A poem is considered a form of literary work and is protected under copyright law as a creative expression of ideas and emotions. The specific arrangement of words and unique structure of the poem are what is protected, rather than the ideas or themes themselves.
Ideas cannot be protected by copyright, but the expression of them can be. A script, for example, is copyrightable.
Ideas cannot be protected by copyright. If your idea is a new process, you may wish to seek patent protection for it.
No ideas are not necessarily under copyright law. If you publish it on the web, a book, and/or record it, the copyright is yours but the "idea, procedure, process, system, method of operation, concept, principle, or discovery" you have described is free of any copyright. Some ideas can be protected to the limited extent that they are implemented in a patented invention. Other ideas are protected merely by keeping them secret.
Ideas can't be protected by copyright, only the expressions of them; the novel will automatically be protected once it's written down, but not until then.