Get Your Copyright Registration from the IP Experts!
Protect your work using copyright laws and enjoy the benefits of ownership over the products of your creativity. Register for copyright protection through a hassle-free process.
Copyright Registration With SPSI
With SPSI you can register your trademark and protect your brand in 3 simple steps –
Step 1
Information Collection & Checking
We collect all the necessary files and check if they can be used for the application.
Step 2
Copyright Filing We then prepare the application and file the forms.
Step 3
Regular Updates
We'll keep you up-to-date with all information passed on by the Registrar until the process is completed.
Copyright Registration
How to Do Copyright Registration Online with SPSI
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You can register a copyright online through SPSI. While we make copyright registration a simple 3-step process for you, the actual registration process is elaborate and is explained below for your knowledge:
Step 1: Details and document collection
Based on the type of work, we will pick the right copyright application for you. We will collect all the necessary information and documents that will be required for the process. The authorisation letter will be sent to you to be signed.
Step 2: Filling and filing copyright application
Once all the details have been collected and verified by us, our experts will prepare the copyright application and submit the necessary forms with the Registrar electronically.
Step 3: Dairy number and copyright examination
You will get a diary number once the application is submitted. Using this, you can track your application.
There is a waiting period of 30 days within which the Copyright Examiner reviews the application for potential discrepancies and/or objections. If there is a discrepancy, a notice will be issued and the same needs to be responded to within 30 days from the date of issuance of the notice.
Step 4: Copyright registration
Once the discrepancy has been removed or there are no discrepancies or objections with the application, the copyright shall be registered. The Copyright Office shall issue the Extracts from the Register of Copyrights (ROC)/registration certificate.
Registration of copyright might take up to 12 months from the date of issuance of the diary number. Our team will keep you informed of the changes in the status of your application throughout that time. If there are some clarifications and/or some defects in the application on your account that have to be addressed, we will do it for you at an additional cost.
In case of an objection to your application, from interested parties, or the examiner, you would need to file a response within 45 days.
Overview
Copyright Registration Online – an Overview
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Copyright is the legal right creators are entitled to for their literary, dramatics, music, and artistic work. Producers of films and recordings enjoy this right too. When a proprietor registers for a copyright, it gives them an exclusive right to reproduce, replicate, and distribute the work. Further, they can grant authority to some other entity for the same purpose.
Registering for copyright is important because it makes you the legal owner of the rights over the work. You then have control over communicating it to the public, reproducing rights, any adaptations or translations of the works.
Benefits
Benefits of Copyright Registration
A public record of ownership
When a work is copyrighted, it is registered on a public record, thereby establishing ownership.
Copyright infringement
In the case of copyright infringement, the authors can sue infringers to secure their work and claim statutory compensation.
Prevents importing of duplicates
The owners can record the registration with the Indian customs and prevent importing duplicate copies of the work.
Commercial use of by-products
Have control over by-products or derivatives created from the original registered work for commercial purposes.
Transfer of copyright
The rights can be passed or sold to a third party by the original copyright holder.
Ensures protection
Copyright protection enables the owners to exhibit their work without the fear that it will be replicated without authorisation.
Documents Required
Documents Required
To register for copyright you need to give us the following details and documents.
Personal details:
- Name, address, and nationality of the applicant
- Name, address, and nationality of the author of the work
- Nature of the applicant’s interest in the copyright – whether the applicant is the author of the work or the representative of the author
- Copies of the original work
- ID proof of the owner and incorporation certificate if it is for business
Nature of the work:
- Class & description of the work
- Title of the work
- Language of the work
- Date of publication – publication in internal magazines, like a company magazine or a research paper submitted to a professor does not count as publication.
Documents:
- Three copies of your work
- Authorisation letter (we will send you)
Why SPSI?
- Our IP experts will guide you from end to end of this process
- All the forms and the application will be filled out by experts and submitted on your behalf so that you don’t have to bear the pain yourself
- The entire process is online and you can upload all the details and documents to a user-friendly dashboard
- Your work and data are safe and secure with us
- Our support team is available to answer any questions you might have.
Scope
Scope of Copyright Protection
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The Copyright Act of 1957 prevents the unauthorized use of any original literary, musical, dramatic, audio, cinematographic, and other artistic work. Both published and unpublished works can be copyrighted, and the original work’s copyright is reserved for the original creator. Copyright can also be registered for works that were published before 21 January 1958, that is before the Copyright Act came into existence.
Copyright protection of original literary, musical, dramatic, and artistic works lasts for the entire lifetime of the author and another 60 years from the year following the death of the author. For cinematograph films, sound recordings, photographs, posthumous publications, anonymous and pseudonymous publications, works of government, and works of international organizations, the 60 years is counted from the date of publication.
Right
Rights of a Copyright Owner
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A copyright owner gets to enjoy the following rights and only they can assign these rights to someone else:
- Right of reproduction:Â no one can make copies of or reproduce a protected work, in part or whole, without permission from the copyright owner
- Right of adaptation:Â exclusive rights to the creator to use their piece of work the way they want (e.g., a book into a movie)
- Right of communication to the public:Â exclusive rights to broadcast their original work to the public
- Right to public performance:Â exclusive rights to the owners of artistic and musical work to perform their works in public
- Right of paternity/attribution:Â the right of attribution or paternity implies that the owner/creator can claim sole authorship over their piece of work. In other words, they can have it attributed to themselves
- Right of integrity:Â it allows the owner to sue in case their work is distorted or modified without permission
- Right of distribution:Â exclusive rights to distribute their work in whatever form they like (through selling, reproducing, leasing, lending, renting, or transferring).
FAQs
FAQs on Get Your Copyright Registration from the IP Experts!
Copyright does not ordinarily protect titles by themselves or names, short word combinations, slogans, short phrases, methods, plots, or factual information nor protect ideas or concepts. Copyright is provided only to original creative work.
A trademark is a mark given to protect a brand name, logo or slogan. On the other hand, copyright is a protection given to unique content like a book, music, videos, songs, and artistic content.
Yes, the process for GST registration is online completely. You can do everything in the personalised dashboard we provide for you.
Yes, absolutely. You must immediately send a legal notice and after sending the notice, if the problem does not get resolved, you can even file a case in a court of law.
No, there are no such provisions to check if the work has been copied by any third party. However, you can do a thorough search on the Internet to check if there is anything similar to yours.
In such a case, you will receive a legal notice from the third party, claiming that you have copied or reproduced their registered work. SPSI can help you reply to the legal notice and in the further litigation process.
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