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Requirements & Forms: Filing for Copyright Protection in India
Copyright Application and Registration
Copyright registration serves as conclusive proof of ownership and grants you exclusive rights over your intellectual property. Whether your work is a literary manuscript, artistic creation, musical composition, cinematographic film, or any other form of copyrightable material, our seasoned team of copyright lawyers will meticulously assist you in meeting the necessary legal standards, ensuring a seamless and robust registration process.
Copyright Application and Registration Requirements: Filing for Copyright protection in India
The following details/documents are required by us in order to file for Copyright protection in India:
- A Power of Attorney signed by the applicant in whose name the application will be filed;
- Information regarding Applicant, including full name and address, type of legal entity (i.e., a company, partnership, corporation, or individual), state of incorporation or country of citizenship;
- No-objection letter from the author of the work where the author of the work and Applicant are not the same person;
- Information regarding the author(s) including full name and address, details of the contribution made to the work;
- Title of the work;
- Whether the work is already published or unpublished. If published, the date of first publication and last publication.
- Language used in the work;
- 5 copies of the work for which a copyright has to be filed.
For your convenience, given below are some of the most relevant forms required for filing applications for Copyrights in India.
| Form No. | Title | Downloads | |
| FORM-XIV | Application For Registration Of Copyrights |  |  |
| -- | Form Of Authorisation In The Matter Of The Copyright Act, 1957 | | |
| -- | No Objection Letter Format | | |