Copyright

Copyright

Copyrights are property and personal non-property rights of an authors to the result of his/her creative activity, arising due to the fact he/she created such results. Objects of copyright include works of science, literature and art, and include software and databases that are used everywhere and every minute - on radio and television, in newspapers and books, movies, theatres and concert halls.

The commercial success of a work directly depends on how correctly and fully the relations with the copyright holders have been established. Errors in contracts threaten not only the entire project, but in fact can lead to the financial collapse of a company.

The registration of copyrights as a mandatory procedure for the acquisition of rights of authorship in the Republic of Kazakhstan is not provided. According to Article 9 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan ‘On Copyright and Related Rights’, a copyright arises by virtue of making and registering a work and no other special registration is required.

No registration or any other special registration of a work or meeting any other formalities are required for the emergence and exercise of the copyrights.

As indicated in the definition, copyrights arise by virtue of creating an object of copyright.

An author may notify other persons of his/her exceptional property rights by means of protection mark, which is placed on each copy of the work and should consist of three elements:

1. copyright ©
2. own name
3. year of first publication of the work

This applies to works of science, literature and art.

Since copyrights often have a great value, they are protected by the state, but for this purpose, an author must prove the authorship of the work. The main form of proof of authorship is the disclosure of the work, for example, by publication thereof. For many reasons however, sometimes publication is impossible or impractical. In this case, the author is required to have documentary proof of his authorship. In order to avoid offenders being assigned the authorship of a work, the author must complete the registration of their rights with the authorised state body.

After inspection by an authorised body of the application for registration of copyright objects and documents, the authorised body shall issue a certificate on the state registration of intellectual property, or send a notice of refusal to register the declared object.

To avoid potentially denying the claimed object of copyright because of the improper drafting of statements, or the submission of an incomplete set of documents, with the application for registration of the alleged object of copyright, it is more convenient for the applicant to entrust it to the specialists.

Our services:

• deposit and registration of copyright in the authorised body;
• registration of copyright in other countries of your choice;
• design and registration of contracts for the transfer of copyright;
• representation in court.

Recent Experience:

• registration of copyright in computer programs, databases, literature and stage pieces of national authors.

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