Advantages of Copyright Registration:
- Provides legal protection of creative ownership.
- Protects creativity and inventiveness.
- Promotes publicity, goodwill and brand value
- Preserves the right of integrity, paternity, reproduction, distribution and
other such rights.
- Protection from infringement.
Process of Copyright Registration
In India, copyright registration is undertaken to create proprietary rights in
the areas of literacy, musical, dramatic and artistic works and other such
inventive fields. The procedure for registration of copyright involves
- 1. Filing of application.
- 2. Submission of application for copyright registration in Form IV along
with requisite fees either in the form of demand draft or through online
payment mode.
- 3. Diary No issued to the applicant on acceptance of application.
- 4. Examination Of application.
- 5. Opposition if any;
- 6. Entry in the Register of copyrights
- 7. Registration of copyright is granted to the owner.
- 8. Dispatch of certificate via speed post to the owner.
Documents Required:
- IPO or Demand Draft for submitting applicable fees;
- Two soft copies of work
- NOC from the real owner;
- Power Of Attorney in case of filing of application by the attorney.
