File online with the Copyright Office (copyright.gov.in, under IP India): fill Form XIV with a statement of particulars, upload the work (source code for software), and pay ₹500 per literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work, which includes software, or ₹2,000 for an artistic work used on goods, such as a logo. You get a diary number, the application waits for objections, then an examiner checks it; reply to any discrepancy letter within 30 days. IndiaFilings, which charges from ₹5,988 to file, puts the whole process at 3 to 6 months. You own copyright the moment you create the work; the certificate is evidence of ownership in court, which is what makes it worth ₹500 for code or content you may one day have to defend. For a brand name, file a trademark instead.
The Copyright Office's official fee schedule: ₹500 per work to register a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work, ₹2,000 for an artistic work used on goods or services, ₹5,000 for a film and ₹2,000 for a sound recording.
The Copyright Office's handbook in question-and-answer form. It is explicit that copyright arises automatically when a work is created and that registration serves as prima facie evidence in court.
A service page that walks through filing, objections and certificate issue, puts the usual timeline at 3 to 6 months, and lists its own fee from ₹5,988.
Explains Form XIV, the statement of particulars, the diary number, the waiting period for objections, and that software applications must include source code.
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