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Copyright is a form of intellectual property right (IPR) that grants the creator of an original creative work an exclusive legal right regarding its usage. Copyright protects original works of authorship including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, such as a painting, a sculpture, poetry, novels, movies, songs, computer software, and architecture.
Requirements For Copyright Registration In India
- Two copies of the work to be protected under copyright registration
- Name, address and nationality of the applicant.
- Nature of the applicant’s interest in the work.
- Title of the work.
- Name, address and nationality of the creator or author of the work and if the author is deceased, the date of his death.
- Year and name of the country of first publication of the work and name, address and nationality of the publisher.
- Year and countries of subsequent publications, if any, and names, address and nationalities of the publishers.
- Names, addresses and nationalities of the owners of the having rights in the copyright work and the extent of rights held by each owner, together with particulars of assignments and licenses, if any.
- Names, addresses and nationalities of other person, if any, authorized to assign or license the rights comprising the copyright.
- No objection certificate from the Trademark Registry
- The applications should be signed by the applicant or the advocate in whose favour a Power of Attorney has been executed. The Power of Attorney signed by the party and accepted by the advocate should also be enclosed.
Benefits and significance of Copyright Registration
- Copyright protection ensures certain minimum safeguards of the rights of authors over their creations, thereby protecting and rewarding creativity.
- An owner of the copyright work also has an advantage to either sell or agree for transferring his copyright to someone else whether for free or on the basis of some royalty.
- Copyright therefore encourages enterprise and creator of works to helping them to materialize their creative work.
- Copyright protection provides benefits in the form of economic rights which entitle the creators to legally get an appropriate financial reward from activities such as making copies, performing in public, broadcasting, use on-line, etc.
Required Documents
Below are the Documents required for Copyright based on the Type of Work
Artistic
- Two Soft copies of work.
- Demand Draft
- NOC (No Objectio1n Certificate) from author / Applicant.
- NOC from publisher (if work published and publisher is different from applicant)
- Search Certificate issued by Registrar of Trademarks
- NOC from person whose photograph appears on the work
Cinematograph Film
- Two Soft copies of work
- Demand Draft
- NOC from Various Copyright Holders / Agreement Copy
- NOC from publisher (if work published and publisher is different from applicant)
Music
- Two Soft copies of work.
- Demand Draft
- NOC from publisher (if work published and publisher is different from applicant)
- NOC from Author (if applicant is other than author)
Literary/Dramatic
- Two Soft copies of work.
- Demand Draft
- NOC from publisher (if work published and publisher is different from applicant)
- NOC from Author (if applicant is other than author)
Sound Recording
- Two Soft copies of work.
- Demand Draft
- NOC from publisher (if work published and publisher is different from applicant)
- NOC from Author (if applicant is other than author)
Software
- Two Soft copies of work.
- Source code and object code of work for verification
- Demand Draft
- NOC from publisher (if work published and publisher is different from applicant)
- NOC from Author (if applicant is other than author)
