Re: Question for Playwrights About Play Title

And it came to pass that Ray P. Light wrote:

> As a playwright, do you have ownership of the title of your
> play?  I wrote a play that I registered with the US
> Copyright office and that was published by Sam French. 
> However, I read that another playwright (who is about to
> have a production off-Broadway) is using the exact same
> title for her play.  (There is absolultely no reason to
> think she stole the title, but just that she happened upon
> the same title.) Just curious.

Titles are not covered under copyright law. Most of what you 
might think of as protected titles are actually trademarks, such 
as "Star Wars" or "Indiana Jones...".

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:-)         Christopher Jahn
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