Copyright Registration Online in India
What is Copyright?
Copyright is a legal right which is granted to creators for their work such as literary work,
music, dramatics, artistry, producers of films and recording. When an individual or a
creator invents such creation, then he/she can have copyright to secure and protect their
work from illegal use.
What is Copyright Registration?
When an individual registers for a copyright, it provides him rights
to reproduce, replicate and distribute his work. Also he can give these rights to the other
party for the same.
Why is Copyright Registration Important?
Copyright Registration provides several benefits, mentioned below:
Copyright Infringement
when you get your work copyright Registered, you get
exclusive rights for your work and no other entity can use your work without
your permission. You can also sue the entity for illegally using your
work.
Showcase
Copyright Registration provides the owner rights to
exhibit his/ her work on any platform.
Prevents Importing of Duplicate Products
If you record the registration with Indian custom, it
prevents the importing of duplicate copies of products.
Transfer of Copyright
The owner can grant, sold the rights of his/her work
to any third party without objections.
What is the Process of Copyright Registration in India?
- First Step to get your copyright Registered is to provide us with all the documents
and necessary information about the work you want copyright registration for.
Applicant will need to send us three copies of their work, from which one copy would
be sent back with a seal and remaining two will be held with confidentiality by the
copyright office.
- After that an application will be submitted by an advocate under whose name power of
attorney has been executed.
- Then with all the documents and forms, the Copyright Registration application will
be prepared and submitted with the copyright Registrar.
- Once the copyright registration application is submitted then you will be issued the
Diary Number.
- Now, the copyright Examiner reviews the application for any disagreements or
objections within the time period of 30 days.
- Now after the disagreements have been removed or there are no objections at all then
the copyright Office will issue an Extract of Register of Copyrights (ROC)
which is a Registration Certificate.
- After this, you will be given a diary number and the registration will take 12
months from this day. There may be a chance of getting notified for doing some
clarification or changes in the application. We will continuously update you on any
notifications regarding the same. In-between clarification and changes will cost you
Rs. 1500.
Documents Required For Copyright Registration
