Art is copyrighted, too, and I believe it usually remains the intellectual property of the artist (which makes sense, since they do the hard part, you just provide the idea), even though you pay for the use of it.
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With a SF novel there are ships, aliens, key scenes in the story.....sounds like a trademark would protect that.
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Not trademarks, copyright -- if these things are presented in your book in unique ways. Trademarks are even more specific and unique, and wouldn't apply to scenes, characters, and so forth in a book anyway. I think you have a serious confusion about what trademarks and copyrights do and are for.