The Method Of Filing A Copyright Application

Another form of Intellectual Property is Copyright Intellectual Property. The creative works such as artistic, musical literary and producers of cinematograph films and sound recordings can be protected through Copyright Intellectual Property. All these creative works can be protected only through the copyright registration at copyright office, New Delhi.

The copyright Intellectual Property shall be dossier at copyright office, New Delhi. The two ways of reporting copyright application either by courier or on-line facility. The copyright Intellectual Property forms can be freely and easily download from the official website of copyright. In case of courier, the triplet copies of copyright application shall send to the copyright office. In case of on-line, it can be filed by signing the new registration form before filing the copyright Intellectual Property application.

The copyright can be legally protected by filing the copyright form 4 (application for registration of copyright). The form 4 includes the statement of particulars and statement of further particulars. It should be filled clearly and relevantly according to the requirements of form 4. It should not consist of over written and irrelevant points. For the blank answers, the word “not applicable” shall be written in the form 4.

Only single application shall be filed for solitary creative work. If it contains more than one work, then copyright application shall be divided according to the work and submitted along with the prescribed fee mention in the copyright second schedule rules. The fees can be sent through postal order or demand draft payable to registrar of copyrights, New Delhi. The details of fees are given in the website of copyright office of New Delhi.

Applicant or an advocate shall sign the copyright application. If the applicant gives power of attorney to the advocate, then the proof of the power of attorney given by him shall be submitted along with the copyright application form. The filled form shall send to the copyright division, department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi.

The period of copyright varies according to the nature of work created by the author. The period of the copyright is 60 years. The copyright work such as Literary, musical, artistic works have a period of life time of the author and additional 60 years from the end of the author dies. The work such as photographs, films, comport programs, sound recordings are guarded for sixty years after publication of the above said work. After the end of the sixty year, the work is made available to the public with the consent of the owner of the copyright.

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