India: Digitization of Copyright Office by e-processing of Copyright Applications

Source : www.copyright.gov.in

In an endeavor to expedite the process of registration and to digitally empower its stakeholders, the Copyright Office has decided to process applications electronically which were received online on or after June 01, 2018.

The Copyright Office will be now communicating the discrepancy observed during examination of the Copyright Applications to the Applicant on its Email ID registered with the Copyright Office. 

The Applicant can now upload the reply to the discrepancy letter on the website of the Copyright Office by using its Copyright Login Account.

A detailed procedure of uploading reply to the objection letter is available on the website of Copyright Office at “Document upload Manual”. Link for the same is: http://copyright.gov.in/

The Public Notice dated July 06, 2018 can be accessed here.