A brief overview Your intellectual property is protected by Copyright. Besides simply safeguarding new works, this ensures adequate compensation is provided to the creators. Although copyright registration is optional, it protects expressions of ideas rather than ideas themselves, as patents and trademarks do. Registering is still the best option, however. The offices for copyright registration in India provide rights and privileges to copyright owners whose works are registered. Owners are entitled to sue for infringement of their works after they are registered. If litigation arises, the registration: Allows the owner to claim damages and attorney fees. Confirms the validity and authenticity of the registrant's rights. A creator of original work has the right to claim authorship of that work as well as deny any changes that could damage the reputation of the creator. The owner of a tangible work of authorship can claim such rights for each of its original works of auth...