Copyright Registration

Copyright registration is the process of formally registering your original work with the government, granting you legal protection against unauthorized copying or use.

Why Should You Get a Copyright Registration?

  • Protection from unauthorized use of your content
  • Building a competitive edge

Requirements to Register for Copyright

  • Unique content or source code
  • Original content

Process of Getting a Copyright Registration

Step 1: Share requirements + documents
Share your requirements and the list of documents mentioned below.

 

Step 2: POA to the professional for filing Copyright
Client will be required to provide Power of Attorney to our Professional for filing Copyright

 

Step 3: Documentation
We will prepare the documentation to file for copyright registration.

 

Step 4: Filing for Copyright application

Our copyright lawyer would be applying for Copyright.

 

Step 5: Obtain a provisional certificate

A provisional certificate would be obtained until a permanent certificate arrives for copyright

 

Step 6: Sharing permanent certificate after approval
A permanent certificate will be shared with you post your application gets approved by the authorities.

 

Documents Required for Copyright Registration

  • Works that need to be copyrighted
  • 4 copies of the CD/work need to be submitted
  • Date of using the content
  • Power of attorney signed by the applicant

Key Deliverables

  • Provisional Copyright Registration Certificate
  • Permanent Copyright Registration Certificate (post-approval)

Why choose Wazzeer?

  • One platform for all your requirements

    Incorporation is just the first step. Wazzeer supports you throughout your journey as an entrepreneur. Log in to get things done efficiently. A dedicated Account Manager offers the required human touch and acts as an advisor to you.

  • Experienced professionals

    Our professionals have at least 5 years of experience and have incorporated thousands of companies among them. The rich experience ensures that the process is smooth and right in the first go.

  • Defined process

    Over the last few years, doing over 500 incorporations, we have defined every step of the process. A virtual process is in place enabling us to deliver hassle free experience for you.

  • Cost Effective

    You pay what you see in the proposal. No surprises or hidden charges.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, it can be but by giving prior notice to the owner, and essentially with Statutory License and Compulsory License

The Copyright Act provides both civil and criminal remedies for copyright infringement. When an infringement is proved, the copyright owner is entitled to remedies by way of injunction, damages, and order for seizure and destruction of infringing articles.

Yes, unless such assignment is in writing and signed by the assignee and the assignee.

Lifetime of the Author + 50 years after the death of the Author or 60 years in case of the companies

The creator of a work can prohibit or authorize anyone to: reproduce the work in any form, such as print, sound, video, etc; use the work for a public performance, such as a play or a musical work; make copies/recordings of the work, such as via compact discs, cassettes, etc.; broadcast it in various forms; or translate the same to other languages.

India is a member of the Bren convention and Universal convention. As Per that any work first published in any country which is a member of any of the above conventions need not file copyright again.

Registration is not a prerequisite for acquiring a copyright in a work. A copyright in a work is created when the work is created and given a material form, provided it is original

A computer program is treated as a literary work and is protected as such by copyright.

A copyright is used to protect IP that is in an original literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work, cinematograph films, and sound recordings. However, no copyright subsists in a cinematograph film if a substantial part of the film is an infringement of the copyright in any other work. A computer program is treated as a literary work and is protected as such.