Copyright Registration
Introduction of Copyright Registration
Due to the increasing awareness amongst people of intellectual property rights and with the continuous advancement in technology and there is a rush amongst the amount of intellectual property rights that are being registered in India. Hence Sunil Sharma & Associates provides you a facility to register the intellectual property online.
Copyright is defined as the legal right to the ownership and enjoyment which is entitled to the creators of the literary/dramatic/ musical/ artistic work/ producers of cinematograph films/ recordings.
Copyright Registration give its owner exclusive and sole right to distribute/ reproduce/ adapt/ translate the work or give authorization to the another entity for performing the same. The Copyright Registration is mostly used by many businesses for producing the literature or the user manuals. It also provides certain safeguards to owners such as the right of ownership and its enjoyment of the owner over their creations and subsequently allowing them to protect and reward their creativity.
Sunil Sharma & Associates has team of experts providing you 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 on +91 90797 59095 or email cssunil93@gmail.com for Copyright Registration .
Advantages of Copyright Registration
The copyright which is registered can be used for marketing of goods or services and builds a sense of goodwill and also the quality in the minds of your customers. Registered copyright conveys others that you care about what you invented.
The registered copyright serves as a prima facie evidence during the proceedings in the court of law and makes the case strong. There are also certain provisions under the copyright Act offering Infringement Protection. An Infringement Protection means the right given to the creator to sue a person who has in any way copied the work and is using the same for own benefit
As it is admissible under the eyes of law it serves as a prime facie evidence during the litigations and is beneficial for the creators.
The registered copyright can serve as a valuable asset if the brand is build up and is succeeding. As soon as it is registered it makes the copyright an intangible asset which can be traded, distributed, franchised, or commercially contracted as copyright is an intellectual property for the organization which ultimately brings benefits to the company or the individual proprietor.
The Copyright Act provides protection to the owner beyond his life and is not restricted up to the original creators’ life span. It is valid and secured original creator's life span plus 60 years after his/her death. It provides the longer protection than any other intellectual property.
What can be Copyright?
Process of Copyright Registration
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 decision.
The Copyright registered is valid for 60 years and in case literary, dramatic, artistic or musical work the 60 years are counted from the year following death of author and in case of sound recordings, cinematographic films, photographs, anonymous, posthumous publications, pseudonymous publication, work of international organization and work of government, the period for 60 years starts from the date of publication.
Documents Required for Copyright Registration
How Copyright is Different from Trademark and Patent
S. No | Basis | Trademark | Patent | Copyright |
1. | Governed By | Trademark Act, 1999 | Patents Act, 1970 | Copyright Act, 1957 |
2. | Used to Protect | Protection of the unique name that signifies a brand distinct from other. It Can include name, slogans, logo, shape, colours etc. | It Protects of inventions that are novel and original and also has industrial utility. | It Protects the original creative expressions like the literary works, artistic works, dramatic works etc. |
3. | Validity | It is Valid for 10 years which can be made perpetual by renewing the same trademark every 10 years. | It is Valid for 20 years which starts from the day the application was first made. It is also a territorial right which effective only within the territory of India. | It is Valid for life time of the author including 60 years after his/her death.
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4. | Secures | It secures the brand under which the said product or services are sold | It secures the inventions which are useful for the world. | It secures the creative or the intellectual creations. |
5. | Existence of right | As soon as it is registered the applicant of the mark is entitled to claim complete right over the said mark. | It takes a long time to get it registered but the owner of the patent can stop any other from claiming the right over the said particular patent and the moment he/she applies for provisional patent. | The Exclusive rights of the owner is created at the moment the authorship creates the work. |
6. | Provisional Application requirement | It does not include any provisional application, but it requires a trademark search. | Here provisional application can be made which gets you 12 months of time to file a complete specification which is final, and a priority date claim. | No provisional application required. |
Additional Information
There are various right provided by the copyright act to the creator through which he/she can protect the content produced. The rights are as follows:-
Right of the Copyright owner- The author can protect the socio-economic and legal interest and is allowed to retain the following rights:-
Right of Reproduction:- As per the Copyright Act no person can reproduce or make the copies of the original work or part of the work so produced unless authorized by the original copyright owner. It limits the reproduction of work in the form of printing an edition and recording sound and films.
Right of Adaption:- The copyright creator can choose to use his work whichever way he needs. That is, he/she can build derivatives from the existing work or make new work in the same form or another form based on the original work. The following actions outline the term adaptation as per the Copyright Act:
Right of communication to the public :- The Copyright owners can open their work to the public either by using a broadcast or a wireless distribution channel in any forms of symbols or visual images.
Right of public performance :- The musical work and artistic work owners do have a right to produce their work publicly
Right of paternity and integrity:- The Copyright Act provides the moral right of paternity to the owner and integrity to its creators. The right of paternity or attribution signifies that the owner/creator has right to maintain its authorship over his work and other person can only reproduce it after taking due permission from the creator. The right of integrity provides that if some person violates the rules by copying the work then the creator can claim damages in case of changes, damages or alteration to his/her work which is creating disputation to his name and work.
Right of Distribution:- The copyright holder can distribute his/her work in any form like reproducing, selling, renting, leasing or lending. It can also be assigned to particular rights to a person for either copyright the work partly, entirely or subject to some limitations.