Copyright Law Firm

Copyright Lawyers

Copyright, as explained by the WIPO is a legal term used to describe the rights that initiators or authors have over their literary and artistic works. Works that can be understood as copyright range from books, music, paintings, sculpture, and films to computer programs, databases, advertisements, maps, and technical drawings. Copyright law aims to protect the interests of those who initiate or write content, with the public interest in having the wide-ranging access to that content. The copyright law in India is governed by the Copyright Act, 1957 (as amended by the Copyright Amendment Act 2012).

Copyright owners have the exclusive rights to do or authorize the doing of any of the following in respect of a work:

• To reproduce the work,
• To distribute copies of the work,
• To perform or show the work to the public
• To make any translation or adaptation of the work

How We May Assist You

We at India Law Offices cover the whole ambit of Copyright and Design Registrations. With the required amount of expertise and know-how, our team of advocates and attorneys specialize in the following areas-

1. Registration of Copyright
2. Assistance with conducting searches, preparation, drafting and filing as also prosecution of applications for copyright registration before the Copyright Office of the country.
3. Licensing and Transactions involving IP: Transfer of technology transactions, both on behalf of the licensor and licensee
4. Due diligence investigations for analyzing overlapping third-party rights, as in cases of software licenses; conducting audits and managing online content and portfolio management.
5. Licensing of copyrighted work.
6. Clearing of Copyright objections
7. Other related services.

Copyright Violations or infringement happens when a person intentionally or unintentionally copies or depicts the creative work of another creator, without his prior consent, sanction or permission, or under any contract or license or assignment with the author as covered by the copyright law.

Infringement can be of 2 types viz:

1. Primary infringement
2. Secondary infringement:

Our experts have dealt with various such matters of Copyright infringement and have assisted the owner take legal action against the infringer through initiating civil and criminal action against the infringer.

With more than 15 years’ experience, ILO’s intellectual property practice is one of the most reliable and highly regarded in the country. What is unique about our IP practice is that we are at a cutting edge of not just IT, biotech, pharma or digital media industries but all of the above.