Filing Requirements
Copyright Applications

Note: Copyright owners from countries that are party to the Berne Convention and the Universal Copyright Convention do not require registration.

For written material or other copyrightable works:

1. A simply signed Power of Attorney.

2. Four copies of the work.

3. A document supporting the right of the applicant in the work, in the event the applicant is not the author.

4. Name, address and nationality of the applicant.

5. Name, address and nationality of the author; if the author is deceased, the date of his decease.

6. Copies of the notice of the application which has been sent to every person who has any interest in the subject matter of the copyright. 

7. Title, language and brief description of the work.

8. Whether the work is published or not; if published, year and country of first publication; name, address and nationality of the publisher; years and countries of subsequent publications if any, as well as names, addresses and nationalities of the publishers.

9. Names, addresses 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 the particulars of assignments and licenses, if any.