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You may want to refer to the answers here: Are Names of Characters Copyrighted by Authors?

In a nutshell, you can safely write about an alien bounty hunter called Harry Potter who has no magical powers and travels the galaxy in a spaceship called the Enterprise.

This is the short and generic answer since copyright law is very complicated. Here is another enlightening article you might want to read: Copyright in Characters: What Can I Use?

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