2.Name, Address and Nationality of the Applicant: Applicant may be individual/firm/ company/government/university/institution. Also give the complete address and nationality.

3.Nature of the applicant’s interest in the copyright of the work: Applicant may be
Author/Owner/Publisher/Composer/Producer/Artist.

4. Class and description of the work: Please indicate the appropriate class of work from the following categories:

Literary / Artistic / Cinematograph Film / Sound Recording / Music / Computer Software

5. Title of the work: Please mention the title of the work. The work to be registered for copyright must have a title which should be short and identical with the work

6. Language of the work: Mention all the languages used in the work. In the absence of any script in the work, indicate ‘nil’. In case of Computer Software please mention software language instead of ‘English’.

If the author of the work is other than the applicant, a No Objection Certificate, in original from the author(s) (clearly indicating that he has no objection if the copyright in the work is registered in the name of the applicant) should be submitted. In case the author is partner/proprietor/employee of the applicant firm, the same may be indicated in the application.

If the author is deceased, please mention the date of decease and also submit a notarized affidavit regarding inheritance of right(s) /NOC from all the legal heirs of the deceased author in favour of the applicant

8. Whether work is Published or Unpublished: Mention whether the work is published or unpublished.

9. Year and country of first publication and name, address and nationality of the publishers: If the work is published, indicated the year/country of first publication/ name/ address/ nationality of the publisher(s).

If the work is published by a person/firm other than the applicant, a No Objection Certificate, in original, may be obtained from that person/firm and enclose with application.

10. Years and countries of subsequent publications, if any, and names, addresses and nationalities of the publisher: If the work has an any subsequent publications, indicated the year/country of first publication/name/address/nationality of the publisher(s).

 

11. Names, address and nationalities of the owners of the various rights comprising the Copyright in the work and the extent of rights held by each, together with particulars of assignment and licenses, if any: The name, address & nationality of the person(s) who hold(s) the various rights comprising the copyright in the work are required to be mentioned. In case the applicant himself intends to hold all the rights in the work, his particulars as already given against Col.2 may be mentioned. In case the applicant is a partnership firm, the names of all the partners and their respective shares in the copyright may be indicated.

12. Names, addresses and nationalities of other persons, if any, authorized to assign or license the rights comprising the copyright: If the author intends to authorize other person(s) to assign or license the copyright on his behalf, the name, address and nationality of such person may be indicated. If not, please indicate ‘nil’ against this column.

13. If the work is an “artistic work”, the location of the original work, including name, address and nationality of the person in possession of the work. (In the case of an architectural work, the year of completion of the work should also be shown):

14. If the work is an ‘artistic work’ which is used or is capable of being used in relation to any goods or services, the application shall include a certificate from the Registrar of Trade Marks in terms of the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 45 of the Copyright Act, 1957.]: As per Rule 70 (6) a Search Certificate from The Trade Marks Registry is mandatory if the artistic work is to be used or capable of being used in relation to any goods, irrespective of whether trade mark is registered or not. Otherwise, clearly state that the work is neither used nor capable of being used in relation to any goods.

15. If the work is an “artistic work” whether it is registered under the Designs Act 2000. If yes give details:

16. If the work is an “artistic work” capable of being registered as a design under the Designs Act 2000, whether it has been applied to an article though an industrial process and , if yes, the number of times it is reproduced:

17. Remarks, if any: If any other information related to work to be registered, may be indicated in this column.