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> When we think of copyright we often think of companies like Google copyrighting the word "Google".

That's trademark.

Copyright is for a creative work of some kind.

> But what if Google copyrighted the "Google Grilled Cheese Sandwich" which is just a regular grilled cheese sandwich...

...and this sounds like you're referring to patent protection, which is for an invention.



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