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Copyright is a legal right created by the law of a country that grants the creator of an original workexclusive rights for its use and distribution.
Copyright registration can be obtained for original works of art, literature, books, music, films, cds and computer programs.
No. Acquisition of copyright is automatic and it does not require any registration. Copyright comes into existence as soon as a work is created and no formality is required to be completed for acquiring copyright. However, certificate of registration of copyright and the entries made therein serve as prima facie evidence in a court of law with reference to dispute relating to ownership of copyright.
PoA will be shared with you which has to be signed and shared with us. Along with the PoA, you need to enclose one (1) copy of published work and two (2) copies of unpublished work in literary case. In artistic case, enclose two (2) copies of artistic work whether it is published or not. For rest of all other categories, enclose one (1) copy of the work irrespective of published or unpublished
We have our own copyright professionals and attorney will provide you the regular updates right from the filing of application, collecting the details and getting done with your Copyright application as well they will provide you legal advice at the end to end point.
FAQs On Copyright Registration
1. What is copyright?
Copyright is a Right given by the law to makers of scholarly, sensational, melodic and masterful works and makers of cinematograph movies and sound chronicles. Indeed, it is a heap of rights including, inter alia, rights of reproduction, communication to the public, correspondence to the general population, adjustment and interpretation of the work. There could be slight varieties in the creation of the rights relying upon the work.
Copyright guarantees certain base shields of the privileges of creators over their manifestations, accordingly ensuring and remunerating inventiveness. Innovativeness being the cornerstone of progress, no acculturated society can bear to overlook the fundamental prerequisite of empowering the equivalent. Monetary and social improvement of the general public is reliant on imagination. The assurance gave by copyright to the endeavours of scholars, craftsmen, creators, playwrights, performers, planners and makers of sound chronicles, cinematograph movies and PC programming, makes an air helpful for innovativeness, which incites them to make more and inspires others to make.
2. What is the scope of protection in the Copyright Act, 1957?
The Copyright Act, 1957 ensures unique literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works and cinematograph films and sound recordings from unapproved employments. In contrast to the case with licenses, copyright ensures the articulations and not the thoughts. There is no copyright insurance for thoughts, methodology, and strategies for an activity or scientific ideas accordingly (Refer Article 9.2. of TRIPS)
3. Does copyright apply to titles and names?
Copyright doesn’t customarily ensure titles independent from anyone else or names, short word combinations, slogans, short expressions, strategies, plots or true data. Copyright doesn’t ensure thoughts or ideas. To get the protection of copyright a work must be unique.
4. Is it necessary to register a work to claim copyright?
No. Acquisition of copyright is programmed and it doesn’t require any custom. Copyright appears when a work is made and no custom is required to be finished for acquiring copyright. Be that as it may, endorsement of enrollment of copyright and the sections made in that fill in as by all appearances evidence in a court of law with reference to contest identifying with responsibility for.
5. Where I can file application for registration of copyright for a work?
The Copyright Office has been set up to give registration offices to a wide range of works and all types of works are headed by a Registrar of Copyrights situated at Plot no. 32, Boudhik Sampada Bhawan, Sector 14, Dwarka, New Delhi- 110075. The applications are likewise acknowledged by post. Online registration through “E- filing facility ” has been given from 14th February 2014, which encourages the candidates to record applications at the time and spot picked by them.
6. What is the procedure for registration of a work under the Copyright Act, 1957?
The procedure for registration is as follows:
a) Application for registration is to be made on Form XIV ( Including Statement of Particulars and Statement of Further Particulars) as prescribed in the first schedule to the Rules ;
b) Separate applications should be made for registration of each work;
c) Each application should be accompanied by the requisite fee prescribed in the second schedule to the Rules ;
d) The applications should be signed by the applicant. The Power of Attorney signed by the party and accepted by the advocate should also be enclosed, if applicable.
e) The fee is to be paid either in the form of Demand Draft or Indian Postal Order favoring “Registrar Of Copyrights Payable At New Delhi” or through E payment Each and every column of the Statement of Particulars and Statement of Further Particulars should be replied specifically.
Each and every column of the Statement of Particulars and Statement of Further Particulars should be replied specifically.
7. Can I myself file an application for registration of copyright of a work directly?
Yes. Any individual who is an author or rights owner or assignee or legal heir can file application for copyright of a work either at the copyright office or by post or by e-filing facility from the copyright Office web-site www.copyright.gov.in.
8. Whether unpublished works are registered?
Yes. Both published and unpublished works can be registered. Copyright in works published before 21st January, 1958, i.e., before the Copyright Act, 1957 came in force, can also be registered, provided the works still enjoy copyright. Two copies of published or unpublished work may be sent along with the application. If the work to be registered is unpublished, a copy of the manuscript has to be sent along with the application for affixing the stamp of the Copyright Office in proof of the work having been registered. One copy of the same duly stamped will be returned, while the other will be retained, as far as possible, in the Copyright Office for record and will be kept confidential. It would also be open to the applicant to send only extracts from the unpublished work instead of the whole manuscript and ask for the return of the extracts after being stamped with the seal of the Copyright Office.
When a work has been registered as unpublished and subsequently it is published, the applicant may apply for changes in particulars entered in the Register of Copyright in Form XV with prescribed fee. The process of registration and fee for registration of copyright is same.
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