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The Copyright Board, a quasi-judicial body, was constituted in September 1958. The jurisdiction of the Copyright Board extends to the whole of India. The Board is entrusted with the task of adjudication of disputes pertaining to copyright registration, assignment of copyright, grant of Licences in respect of works withheld from public, unpublished Indian works, production and publication of translations and works for certain specified purposes. It also hears cases in other miscellaneous matters instituted before it under the Copyright Act, 1957. The meetings of the Board are held in five different zones of the country. This facilitates administration of justice to authors, creators and owners of intellectual property including IP attorney’s near their place of location or occupation.

The Copyright Board was reconstituted under the Chairmanship Justice Ramesh Chandra Chopra (retired) for a period of five years or till further orders, whichever is earlier, with effect from the 15th July, 2011. The printed version of gazette notification may be seen here.

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The constitution of the Board is as per notification given below:

THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART-II-SEC.3(ii)]

MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

(Department of Higher Education)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 15th July, 2011

S.O. 1631(E).-In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 11 of the Copyright Act, 1957 (14 of 1957), the Central Government hereby reconstitutes the Copyright Board for a period of five years or till further orders, whichever is earlier, from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette consisting of the following, namely :-

1. Justice Ramesh Chandra Chopra (retired),                          Chairman

2. Joint Secretary to the                                                            Member
Government of India,
in charges Copyrights,
Ministry of Human Resources Development,
Department of Secondary and
Higher Education, Shastri Bhavan,
New Delhi-110001.

3. Joint Secretary and Legal Adviser,                                       Member
Ministry of Law & Justice,
(Department of Legal Affairs),
Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi-110001

4. Law Secretary to the                                                             Member
Government of Haryana

5. Law Secretary to the                                                             Member
Government of Gujarat

6. Law Secretary to the                                                             Member
Government of Maharashtra

7. Law Secretary to the                                                             Member
Government of Goa

8. Law Secretary to the                                                             Member
Government of Kerala

9. Law Secretary to the                                                             Member
Government of Bihar

10. Law Secretary to the                                                          Member
Government of Uttaranchal

11. Director,                                                                              Member
National Law School of India University,
Banglore, Karnataka

12. Director,                                                                              Member
National University of Juridical Sciences,
Kolkata, West Bengal.

13. Director,                                                                             Member
National Law Institute University,
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

14. Director,                                                                             Member
Indian Law Institute (ILI),
Bhagwan Das Road, New Delhi,

15. Director,                                                                             Member
Indian Society of International Law
Bhagwan Das Road, New Delhi

                                          [No.F.14-4/2011-CRB/CRB]
                                          Amit Khare
                Joint Secretary to Government of India

The next sitting of the Copyright Board is scheduled to be held at Conference Hall, Indian Law Institute, Bhagwan Dass Road, New Delhi on 14-15 February, 2012 at 10.30 a.m.

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