What Is Copyright Registration?

 Copyright is the exclusive right by law to do certain actions in respect of literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works and producers of cinematograph films and sound recordings. Copyright does not protect the specific idea or information or content but it protect the form and manner in which it is represented. It is applicable on a wide range of innovative, intellectual, scholarly, or artistic forms or works. The copyright symbol ‘©’ is used by the owner who have registered copyright.




Advantages Of Copyright Registration

It ensures that there is your name mentioned in public record as owner of the copyright material.

It provides you certain rights regarding the copyrightable material which has been exclusively use by the copyright owner.

It enables you to sue infringers before the court of law.


Documents Required For Copyright Registration.

Registration guarantees legal protection guards goodwill and restricts unlawful reproduction of the work of the inventor.

Global protection as the copyright in India is known virtually worldwide

Procedure For Copyright Registration

An application (including all the particulars and the statement of the particulars) in the format of FORM IV has to have to be sent to the registrar along with the requisite fees (mentioned in Schedule 2 of the act.). A separate application has to be made for separate works


Every application has to be signed by the applicant as well as an Advocate in whose favor a POA has been executed The registrar will issue a Dairy No. and then there is a mandatory waiting time for a period of 30 days for any objections to be received.


If there are no objections received within 30 days, the scrutinizer will check the application for any discrepancy and if no discrepancy is there, the registration will be done and an extract will be sent to the registrar for entry in the Register of Copyright.


If any objection is received, the examiner will send a letter to both the parties about the objections and will give them both a hearing. After the hearing, if the objections are resolved the scrutinizer will scrutinize the application and approve or reject the application as the case may.

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