Copyright arises when you create a work. Registration with the Copyright Office is optional, but it gives you an official record that helps as proof of ownership. One application covers one work, and the government fee depends on the kind of work. StampMitra prepares and files Form XIV on your authorisation. We are a filing assistance platform, not the Copyright Office and not a law firm.
Copyright in a book, software, song, artwork, film or recording arises when you create it (sections 13 and 17). Registration is not a condition. What it gives you is an entry in the Register of Copyrights, which is prima facie evidence of the particulars in it (section 48).
The kind of work decides the government fee.
Per work, from the Copyright Rules, 2013 Second Schedule.
A logo or artwork used on goods or services / Who owns the work
Never on the order form; they are collected securely after payment.
Point, What the law says
Apply for one work per application. A song with its recording is two works.
StampMitra is a filing assistance platform. It is not the Copyright Office and not a law firm.
No. Copyright arises when you create the work. Registration is optional, but the register entry is prima facie evidence of the particulars in it (section 48) and helps as proof of ownership in a dispute.
A logo is an artistic work and can be registered. If it is used, or may be used, on goods or services, the Copyright Office asks for a Trade Marks Registry certificate that no identical or deceptively similar mark is registered or applied for by someone else. A brand name is better protected by a trademark.
Yes. A computer programme is a literary work. The deposit is of the source and object code; we prepare it so that sensitive parts are not exposed, and we confirm how many pages are required before filing.
Not as a copyright. Names, slogans, titles and domain names are not copyright works. A brand name or slogan is protected by a trademark.
One. Each work is a separate application with its own fee, so a book and its cover art are two applications.
Usually two: the musical work with its lyrics, and the sound recording. Each needs its own application and fee.
₹500 per work for literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works, ₹2,000 for a logo used on goods or services and for a sound recording, and ₹5,000 for a cinematograph film. We confirm the exact amount before filing.
The life of the author plus 60 years for literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works, and 60 years for films, sound recordings, and anonymous and corporate works.
The author, the owner or an assignee. An employer is the first owner of a work made under a contract of service, and an assignment must be in writing and signed. Tell us how you own the work and we prepare the right papers.
The application gets a diary number and a 30-day waiting period for objections follows. Then the Registrar scrutinises it; a discrepancy letter needs a reply, and an objection can lead to a hearing.
Tell us before you order. Disputes and earlier registrations are handled by our team review, and filing may draw an objection.