Copyright Objection

Overview

During the mandatory 30-day public notice period after a copyright application is filed, any person can raise a written objection on grounds such as: the work is not original, the applicant is not the true author or owner, the work was previously published under a different name, or the work infringes existing copyrights. If an objection is received, the Copyright Office notifies both parties and schedules a hearing before the Registrar of Copyrights.

MFiling manages copyright objection responses by preparing a comprehensive written statement establishing the applicant's authorship with evidence — creation drafts, timestamp metadata, email correspondence, publication records, employment/commission agreements, and technical proof of creation (version control history for software). We also proactively file objections on behalf of copyright owners who discover an unauthorized party attempting to register their work.

MFiling professional charges: from Rs.2,999 for copyright objection response or proactive objection filing.

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