Colin thinks of a new concept for a palm-sized computer notebook. He also thinks of a new, faster process for producing the notebooks. Federal copyright law protects:

neither Colin's concept nor his process.

Explanation:

The Copyright law in the United States is a a law that gives monopoly protection to the original works of an author. The copyright law was put in place in order to prevent people from copying the works of other people.

In this case, we are told that Colin thinks of a new concept for a palm-sized computer notebook and also thinks of a new, faster process for producing the notebooks. Therefore based on the explanation given above, the Federal copyright law protects neither Colin's concept nor his process.