Secure your ownership over Software Code, Books, Artistic Logos, Music, and Videos. Prevent unauthorized copying and piracy with legal protection under the Copyright Act, 1957.
What do you want to protect?
Copyright is a legal right given to the creators of literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works. While copyright exists from the moment a work is created, Registration provides a prima facie evidence of ownership in a court of law.
It allows you to send legal notices for infringement, claim statutory damages, and is essential for software developers to protect their source code. Unlike Trademarks (which protect brands), Copyright protects the expression of an idea.
Protect Source Code and GUI as 'Literary Works'. Essential for SaaS and App developers.
Secure rights for Logos (with TM), Packing Designs, and Graphics.
Valid for the lifetime of the author + 60 years. No renewal needed.
Identify the correct category for your creation.
Text & Code
Visual Assets
Note: For Artistic works used as a Trademark (Logo), a TM-C (Search Certificate) from the Trade Marks Registry is mandatory before applying for Copyright.
File Form XIV online. Diary Number generated instantly.
Mandatory 30-day waiting period for any objections.
Examiner reviews the work. Discrepancy letter issued if errors found.
Reply to discrepancy and send physical copies of work (if needed).
Extract from Register of Copyrights (ROC) is issued.
Consultancy & Follow-up
Based on Category of Work
*Government Fees:
Literary/Dramatic/Music/Artistic: ₹ 500
Software Code: ₹ 500
Cinematograph Film: ₹ 5,000
Sound Recording: ₹ 2,000
In India, software code is protected under the Copyright Act as a “Literary Work”. It is generally not patentable unless it is embedded in hardware with a unique technical effect.
Trademark protects your Brand Identity (Name, Logo, Slogan) used in trade. Copyright protects the creative expression (Artistic design of the logo, content of a book, code of an app). For a logo, it is recommended to get both.
Registration is not mandatory for protection (copyright exists automatically upon creation), but the registration certificate is the primary evidence required to file a lawsuit for infringement or claim damages.
We merged our older logo-copyright and brand-copyright pages into this master guide so one URL now covers artwork ownership, TM-C clearance, and the trademark-versus-copyright decision for founders, agencies, and exporters.
A trademark protects how the mark functions in commerce. Copyright protects the artistic expression itself. If your exporter brand is built around a custom symbol, mascot, packaging illustration, or stylized lettering, relying on only one regime leaves an avoidable enforcement gap.
For logo-heavy cases, we validate the author chain first. That means checking whether the artwork was created by an employee, a freelancer, an agency, or a founder, and making sure the assignment language is clean before we file.
We also evaluate whether a TM-C or trademark registrar NOC is needed because the Copyright Office will scrutinize artistic works capable of functioning as marks. That cross-filing step is where many applicants lose time.
The result is a single filing strategy for logo art, website copy, brochures, software screens, packaging creatives, and campaign assets instead of fragmenting the work across multiple weak URLs.