What types of intellectual property are able to be copyrighted?
Original works of authorship fixed in a tangible medium are eligible for copyright protection, regardless of whether or not that work has been published. This includes recordings, compositions, videos, photographs, paintings, software, website designs, poetry, sheet music, books and more. Words and short phrases such as names, titles and slogans (this includes titles to books, plays, etc.) can be protected by trademark registration, but these short phrases cannot be protected by copyright. Ideas, plans, methods, systems or devices cannot be copyrighted. Blank forms, such as time cards, graph paper, checks, scorecards, address books, order forms or other similar types of intellectual property, which are designed to record information and do not themselves convey any information, are not eligible for copyright protection. Intellectual property, such as standard calendars, height and weight charts, tape measures, rulers, schedules of sporting events, and lists or tables taken from public
