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What is Copyright?
Copyright is the legal right granted to creators of literary, dramatics, music, and artistic work and producers of films and recordings. The holder of Copyright has the rights to reproduce, replicate, adapt, translate and distribute the work he has created. Copyright ensures certain minimum safeguards of authors' rights over their creations, thereby rewarding and protecting creativity.
The Copyright Act, 1957 protects original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works and cinematograph films and sound recordings from unauthorized usage and copying of their creation. Copyright protects the expressions and not the ideas. There's no copyright protection for ideas, procedures, strategies of operation or mathematical concepts.
Benefits of Copyright Registration
- Public record of ownership
- Prevents copying and duplication
- Legal commercial use of by-products
- Owner can sell or pass on the rights of the work to the other person with copyright protection
- Protection extended even after the creator's death
Copyright Registration Process
- Copyright registration application has to be prepared in Form IV
- Application must be duly signed by the applicant and submitted by the advocate under whose name Power of Attorney has been executed
- Online filing of an application for Copyright Registration
- If discrepancy and/or objections are found, discrepancy notice will be issued and the same needs to be responded to within 30 days from the date of issuance of the notice
- If there are no discrepancies or objections with the application, the copyright will be registered and the Copyright Office will issue the Registration Certificate
Documents Required for Registering a Copyright
Proof of Applicant
- PAN Card, Address Proof of Applicant
- Certificate of Incorporation (if the Copyright is to be registered for a Company)
Nature of Work
- Copies of the original work
- Class & Description of the Work
- Title of the Work
- Language of the Work
- Date of Publication
Additional Documents
- NOC from Author/Publisher (if applicable)
- Power of Attorney in favour of the Lawyer/Attorney
How it works?
Work submission
Submit your creative work — literary, artistic, musical, or software — along with author details.
Application preparation
Our expert prepares and files the copyright registration application with the Copyright Office.
Examination & review
We handle any objections raised during the examination period and ensure smooth processing.
Registration certificate
Receive your copyright registration certificate protecting your creative work for your lifetime plus 60 years.
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Frequently asked questions
Copyright protection is valid for 60 years. For literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works, the 60-year period is counted from the year following the author’s death. For cinematograph films, sound recordings, photographs, posthumous publications, anonymous and pseudonymous publications, works of government and works of international organizations, the 60-year period is counted from the date of publication.
A copyright registration can be sold, transferred, gifted and franchised with due consent from the owner of the work.
Considering the various factors, including objections and response, the entire process may take up to 8-10 months approximately.
Yes, if the discrepancy is not removed within the said timeline, the application will be abandoned.
Trademark is for protecting a brand name, logo or slogan. While copyright is a protection given to unique content like a book, music, videos, songs and other artistic content.
Works that are not fixed in a tangible form such as ideas, procedures, methods, systems, processes, concepts, principles, or discoveries, unwritten speeches etc. cannot be copyrighted.