Copyright Registration

File Your Copyright application at just Rs 3000/- Only
(Inclusive of All Fees) *Starting price

Introduction of Copyright Registration

Copyright is a kind of intellectual property protection like trademark and patents . With copyright registration, you become the legal owner of your creative work . Copyright is a bundle of rights provided to an author of the work . All Literary , Musical , Dramatic , Artistic , Cinematographic Films and Sound Recordings are protected under copyright . Copyright comes into existence as soon as work is created , but it is always advisable to get a copyright registration to protect one’s original piece of creative work. Lawmitra provides aid and guidance by a panel of experts who help you right from the formation of a Company.

Lawmitra has a team of experts providing you with the best assistance, timely delivery, and guaranteeing the highest customer satisfaction with respect to registration of Copyright. You may get in touch with our team via email info.lawmitra@gmail.com for Copyright Registration.

Advantagges of Copyright Registration

Protection Of Work

A copyright offers the basic legal protection for a work by functioning as evidence of ownership over a work in any court of law . While copyright does not restrict the fair circulation of the work , it offers legal protection to the author , owner , creator or publisher

Create Branding

A copyright also offers legitimacy and promotion for a creative work . A copyright also reflects a sense of ownership and investment in one's work and this is important when attempting to exhibit . advertise or sell one's work

Legal Evidence

Legal Evidence A copyright gives the owner of the subject an exclusive right over his work . If a work is protected by copyright , no one can imitate , copy or reproduce the original work in any other way . A term of copyright in India is 60 years .

Creation Of vailuable Asset

Once copyright is registered , it becomes an intangible asset to you that can be traded , distributed , franchised or commercially contracted copyright is an actual property for the organization that benefits the company or individual owner . If your brand name is a registered brand name , then none of the above online portals places any trade name like yours on its platform . Therefore registration of a Copyright is very important for every business .

Curbing Unauthorized Copy

Copyright registration ensures that the work cannot be published and circulated legally , without the owner's prior consent and permission . Copyright Registration provides the longer protection than any other intellectual property . Copyrighted work can be used by the owner and not by anyone else without permission by the original owner.It means that your trademark should be unique so that whenever someone Fries to copy your trademark , you can stop it .

Documents Required

Details of Applicant
ID Proof. In case the applicant and author are two different people, then the author’s identity should also be submitted.

Original Work
Submit the original copies of the works for copyrights . 3 copies of work / graphical notes must be submitted .

Details of the nature of the Work
Details or Description of the nature of Artistic work. This means documents supporting the class and description of the work that needs to be copyrighted are to be submitted.

Profile data-cuate

GPOA and User Affidavit
Draft of user affidavit will be provided by us (If Applicable) will be provided by us (If Applicable)be provided by us (If Applicable)

NOC from Trademark Registry 
Search Certificate from the trademark office, If the work is to be used on a product or the artistic work used in a commercial purpose.

Copyright of any software  In case of software copyright registration you must Provide the source code and object code.  Provide the source code and object code.  

Process Of Copy Registration

Complete The Questionnaire

Complete The Questionnaire - We will provide you a questionnaire which is required to be filled by you in which we will sought the basic details and documents pertaining to the registration of Copyright For Businesss

Requirement Of Documents

Basic documents as stated in the above paragraph in accordance with the questionnaire provided are required along with an authorization letter which is to be signed by you . This process may take up to 1-2 working days .

Application of Copyright

Application of Copyright - Application will be prepared by us with the help of our experts and will be submitted to the Registrar of Copyright in the prescribed format and can be done either physically or electronically within 2 working days .

Examination of Copyright

Application After the formality check pass . The officer will Examine the Copyright application for correctness and issue a Copyright examination report . Once the objection report has been issued , we have to submit a reply to the examination report .

Conduct
Hearing

Conduct Hearing In case any objection is received by the Registrar . He shall conduct a hearing on the application of copyright and if no objections are received within the prescribed time of 30days , the scrutinize will check the application for any disparity .

Registration Of Work

If no disparity occurs , the registration will be done and extract of the same shall be sent to the Registrar for entry . If any disparity occurs and on successful completion of hearing conducted by the Registrar the scrutinizer will again scrutinize the application and will give its

More Insights on Copyright Registration

A copyright protects the expression of an idea. Unlike a patent, which protects the idea itself, copyright protects only the expression.

What is the term of protection of copyright? The general rule is that copyright lasts for 60 years. In the case of original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works the 60-year period is counted from the year following the death of the author.

The work must be original to the creator in order to be protected by copyright. To be unique, the work should:

  • Instead of being taken from another work, it must have been created by the author(s)
  • Must be capable of at least a basic level of creativity.

Note: The work will be terminated and will not be entitled to copyright protection if these two conditions are not met.

Copyright, a form of intellectual property law, protects original works of authorship including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, such as poetry, novels, movies, songs, computer software, and architecture. Copyright does not protect facts, ideas, systems, or methods of operation, although it may protect the way these things are expressed.

 

Under some circumstances, the legislation permits the use of a registered work for research, study, critique, review, and news reporting without the owner’s permission, as well as the use of works in libraries, schools, and legislatures. Some exclusions have been prescribed in respect of specific uses of copyrighted works to protect users’ interests. The usage of the work is one of the exemptions.

  • For research or private study.
  • For criticism or review.
  • In connection with a judicial proceeding.
  • For performance by an amateur club or society, if the performing for a non-paying audience.
  • The making of sound recordings of literary, dramatic, or musical works under certain conditions.
 

FAQs On Copyright Registration

Privacy is the state of being private; the state of not being seen by others, whereas copyright is (uncountable) the legal right to be the entity that determines who may publish, copy, and distribute a piece of writing, music, picture, or other work of authorship. The right to have some control over how your personal information is gathered and utilised is known as information privacy.
 
Copyright does not ordinarily protect titles by themselves or names, short word combinations, slogans, short phrases, methods, plots, or factual information nor protect ideas or concepts. Copyright is provided only to original creative work.
 
A trademark is a mark given to protect a brand name, logo or slogan. On the other hand, copyright is a protection given to unique content like a book, music, videos, songs, and artistic content.
 
No, there are no such provisions to check if the work has been copied by any third party. However, you can do a thorough search on the Internet to check if there is anything similar to yours.
 
In such a case, you will receive a legal notice from the third party, claiming that you have copied or reproduced their registered work. Lawmitra can help you reply to the legal notice and in the further litigation process.
 
India is a signatory of the Berne Convention, so copyright registered in India will get the status of foreign work and protection will be extended to countries that are also signatories to the Berne Convention.
 
Copyright protection is not applicable for ideas and methods – e.g., business operations, technical discoveries, mathematical principles, and other such concepts; commonly available info – e.g., telephone directories, general databases taken from free public records, etc.; Choreographic works and speeches unless they are notated or videotaped. Also, business names, product descriptions, taglines, and other such expressions cannot be copyrighted.
 
A mobile application cannot be copyrighted as such; however, the coding can be copyrighted as literary work and other elements can be filed as different copyright applications.
 

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