copyright.gov.in : Application Status Online

Name of the Organization : MHRD Department of Higher Education Copyright Division (copyright.gov.in)
Type of Facility : Check Copyright Application Status Online
Location : Delhi

Website : http://copyright.gov.in/

Copyright Application Status :
To know the Status of Copyright Application, Kindly follow the mentioned steps below.

Step-1 : Select the mode “Online or Offline”
Step-2 : If Online Mode means, then enter the diary Number.
Step-3 : If Offline Mode means, then select the Class of Work.
Step-4 : Enter the Title of Work and
Step-3 : Click on the “View Status” button.

Check Status Here : http://copyright.gov.in/frmStatus.aspx

Know More About Copyright :
Copyright is a right given by the law to creators of literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works and producers of cinematograph films and sound recordings. In fact, it is a bundle of rights including, inter alia, rights of reproduction, communication to the public, adaptation and translation of the work. There could be slight variations in the composition of the rights depending on the work.

Copyright ensures certain minimum safeguards of the rights of authors over their creations, thereby protecting and rewarding creativity. Creativity being the keystone of progress, no civilized society can afford to ignore the basic requirement of encouraging the same. Economic and social development of a society is dependent on creativity. The protection provided by copyright to the efforts of writers, artists, designers, dramatists, musicians, architects and producers of sound recordings, cinematograph films and computer software, creates an atmosphere conducive to creativity, which induces them to create more and motivates others to create.

Scope :
The Copyright Act, 1957 protects original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works and cinematograph films and sound recordings from unauthorized uses. Unlike the case with patents, copyright protects the expressions and not the ideas. There is no copyright protection for ideas, procedures, methods of operation or mathematical concepts as such (Please see Article 9.2. of TRIPS).

The procedure for registration is as follows :
a) Application for registration is to be made on Form IV ( Including Statement of Particulars and Statement of Further Particulars) as prescribed in the first schedule to the Rules ;
b) Separate applications should be made for registration of each work;
c) Each application should be accompanied by the requisite fee prescribed in the second schedule to the Rules ; and
d) The applications should be signed by the applicant or the advocate in whose favor a Vakalatnama or Power of Attorney has been executed. The Power of Attorney signed by the party and accepted by the advocate should also be enclosed.

Each and every column of the Statement of Particulars and Statement of Further Particulars should be replied specifically.

The Copyright Office has been set up to provide registration facilities to all types of works and is headed by a Registrar of Copyrights and is located at 4th Floor, Jeevan Deep Building, Parliament Streeet, New Delhi- 110 001. The applications for registration of works can be filled at the counter provided at the Copyright Office from 2.30 P.M. to 4.30. P.M. from Monday to Friday. The applications are also accepted by post. On-line registration through “E-filing facility “ has been provided from 8th September 2009, which facilitates the applicants to file applications at the time and place chosen by them.

Contact Us :
Copyright Division.
Department of Higher Education
Ministry of Human Resource Development
4th Floor, Jeevan Deep Building
Parliament Street
New Delhi : 110001

Email Address : copyright@nic.in
Telephone No. : (Office)91-11-23362436