Copyright is an Intellectual Property Right, usually sought by authors, artists and other literary professionals for owning exclusive rights over authorship, photographs, sculptures, choreography, architectural works, sound recordings, motion pictures, and other creative works. It is always advisable to obtain copyright of one’s content in order to protect itself from the loss due to theft or replication of such content by some other person.
Preparation of the application along with documents to be filed.
Submission of application and examination of application by registrar.
Filing of the response in respect of any objection raised.
Issuance of certificate by the registrar.
– Copyright is an Intellectual Property Right, usually sought by authors, artists and other literary professionals for owning exclusive rights over authorship, photographs, sculptures, choreography, architectural works, sound recordings, motion pictures, and other creative works.
– No. It is not mandatory to obtain the copyright. However, it is always advisable to obtain the copyright to avoid any sort of duplication of work and to reap the benefits arising from such work.
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– Some other countries recognise the due copyright registered in India.
–Trademark: It is associated with names, words, phrases, signs, etc.
Copyright: It is usually sought by authors, artists and other literary professionals for owning exclusive rights over authorship, photographs, sculptures, choreography, architectural works, sound recordings, motion pictures, and other creative works.
Patents: It is usually sought by inventors and designers to sought exclusive rights over machines, processes, or chemical compositions, or the design for some product.
– An acknowledgement no. is assigned within a period of three days by Trademark department but it takes almost 12 months for it to be registered.
– A copyright registration is valid for 60 years.