Copyright registration Not Mandatory for Protection under Copyright Act

Sanjay Soya Private Limited Vs Narayani Trading Company (Bombay High Court) Registration under the Copyright Act is optional and not compulsory. Registration is not necessary to claim a copyright. Registration under the Copyright Act merely raises a prima facie presumption in respect of the particulars entered in the Register of Copyright. The presumption is however not conclusive. Copyright subsists as soon as the work is created and given a material form even if it is not registered. Formal ‘registration’ of copyright as a mandatory requirement would be in the teeth of this Convention re...