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Q&A Is anything like the propulsion systems (warp/impulse drives) copyrighted from being use in other sci-fi novels?

I'm currently writing a sci-fi/fantasy novel that mostly takes place on a star/space-ship but I'm stuck on if i'm available to use names of the propulsion drives, such as Warp or even Impulse drive...

4 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by SKKennell‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by celtschk‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T13:03:32Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/48275
License name: CC BY-SA 4.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar SKKennell‭ · 2019-12-08T13:03:32Z (almost 5 years ago)
I'm currently writing a sci-fi/fantasy novel that mostly takes place on a star/space-ship but I'm stuck on if i'm available to use names of the propulsion drives, such as Warp or even Impulse drives.

I am however quite inspired by star trek, but I don't want to copy from their work but There's a lot of grey area on what a person in Sci-fi in general can work with and what they can't and propulsion seems to be in a particular grey area that I don't know what to do about.

I've read one or two things that says it is copy-righted then another saying it isn't. It's rather confusing.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-09-30T16:38:10Z (about 5 years ago)
Original score: 5