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Copyright Registration

SAHU & ASSOCIATES: Copyright helps establish ownership and protect works of art like books, software, music, video recordings, artwork and more. Makemyregistration can help obtain copyright registration.

Copyright registration in India is enrolled under Copyright Act, 1957. It provides a kind of safety so that the work carried out by the creator of work cannot be copied by anyone and to restore the uniqueness of the product. There are bundles of rights under Copyright like communication to the public, the rights of reproduction, adaptation, and translation of the work.

Copyright is basically a legal right which has been provided to the creators of literature, dramatics, musical and artistic work and even the producer's films and sound recordings. Sometimes even businesses and startups get copyright registration related to instruction manuals, product literature and user guides. Usually, copyright is possessed by a creator of the work, but sometimes even the employer of its creator or the person who has authorised the work can own the copyright.

WHAT IS PROTECTED UNDER COPYRIGHT REGISTRATION

a) Literary, dramatic or musical work.
b) Computer programs.
c) Cinematograph film.
d) Sound recording

REQUIREMENTS FOR COPYRIGHT REGISTRATION IN INDIA

a) Two copies of the work to be protected under copyright registration.
b) Name, address and nationality of the applicant.
c) Nature of the applicant's interest in the work.
d) Title of the work.
e) Name, address and nationality of the creator or author of the work and if the author is deceased, the date of his death.
f) Year and name of the country of first publication of the work and name, address and nationality of the publisher.
g) Year and countries of subsequent publications, if any, and names, address and nationalities of the publishers.
h) 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.
i) Names, addresses and nationalities of other person, if any, authorized to assign or license the rights comprising the copyright.
j) No - objection certificate from the Trademark Registry.
k) 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.

WHY COPYRIGHT REGISTRATION

- Legal Protection
- Intangible Asset
- Various Legal Rights

We are specialized to deal with complex matters where we support our clients in expressing of the copyrights for whose adaptations they shall be going to use or practice further. It is an intensive task to support clients to write a Business Plan, Operational Plans, Methodologies, Methodological flow of business processes which are implemented through software, schematic representation of computer or software implemented product, any other type of aspects which is considered as algorithms, mental acts, methods and non-protect-able under patents, and other types of composite work which shall be separated out to provide a better protection.

We undergo various iterations to help them copyrighted and further filed and registered for appropriate protection. In case, any subject matter is licence-able, we support our clients to develop whole legal framework for licensing and franchising the subject matter and further help them to implement it, which includes working over with the clients to crystallize business model to fill up all possible legal loopholes, drafting licensing or franchising agreement or any other related business agreement which is appropriate, helping negotiate the agreement with the licensing prospect, and further getting the agreement executed, once the agreement is operational, we support in keeping timelines and terms against each of the parties so the executed legal instrument is affected.

ADVANTAGES OF COPYRIGHT REGISTRATION

Legal Protection

The creators or owners of original work can always protect their work through copyright registration. It helps them against infringement.

Market Presence

With copyright registration, your creative work is gets promoted among mass in a single go. It can be easily used for publicising or for marketing in the mind of the customer.

Rights of the Owner

Rights over dissemination, translation, reproduction and adaptation of work have been fully assigned to the creator of work.

Protection

Copyright registration helps you in protecting your unique work and will act as an evidence in the court of law over ownership of the work.

Restricts Unauthorised Reproduction

It restricts to produce duplicity of the unique work and give more preference to the owner of work.

Creation of Asset

It generates an intellectual property. Registered copyrights can be sold, commercially contracted or franchised with the prior permission of the owner.

Branding or Goodwill

As it is always said, branding plays an important role in promoting your work. So, Copyright registration can even help you to create a sense of goodwill and quality in the minds of your customer.

Global Protection

India allows or provides privilege to the work which copyrighted in many other countries and vice-versa. Copyright registration in India is accorded protection in many other countries.

Makes Work Known

People come to know about registered work easily and it is easily searchable on many platforms with the registered database.

Copyright Registration Procedure

The procedure for registration is as follows:

- Application for registration is to be made on as prescribed in the first schedule to the Rules;
- Separate applications should be made for registration of each work;
- Each application should be accompanied by the requisite fee prescribed in the second schedule to the Rules ; and
- The applications should be signed by the applicant or the advocate in whose favor a Vakalatnama or Power of Attorney has been executed. The Power of Attorney signed by the party and accepted by the advocate should also be enclosed.

DETAILS REQUIRED FOR COPYRIGHT REGISTRATION

Personal details: This includes the Name, Address and Nationality of Applicant. Applicant should specify the nature. Whether he is the owner or the representative?

Nature of the work: This includes class & description of the work, title of the Work. In case of a website copyright, give the URL of the website. You also need be mention the language of the Work

Date of Publication: Mention the date of Publication in internal magazines (if possible). Like a company magazine or a research paper submitted to a professor does not count as publication.



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