Copyright automatically protects written and recorded works. That includes everything from books and music to photos and films, lyrics to photographs and knitting patterns. It may help protect the work by displaying the © symbol, owner name, and the year in which it was created.

Buying a copyright protected work doesn't give the right to broadcast or copy it - even for private use (e.g. making copies of CDs).Using copyright protected works usually requires contacting the owner or a collecting society who may agree a license.

You can register Fiction, Poetry, Non-fiction, Scripts, Music, Lyrics, Photographs, Drawings, Websites, Graphics, Computer programs, Databases, Legal documents, Logos, Paintings, or any other recorded creative works.

Worldwide Copyright Protection (International Conventions)

Once created, your work can be automatically copyright protected worldwide, through the international conventions your country might have signed up to, namely the Berne Convention, the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty, the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the Universal Copyright Convention.

Copyright Services

Although copyright is "automatic" as soon as someone creates their work, it's impossible to prove that in fact it was first created by the original author if it was never registered. That is the main reason why copyright registrations exist. Thus, we register any kind of creative work with the International and local copyright departments all around the world, as well as we ensure protection to their authors in the case of any litigious proceedings.

Our Copyright Department deals with the registration of copyright in cinematograph films, conducts copyright litigation, drafts copyright licence and exploitation agreements and furnishes advice and counsel on all areas of copyright practice.

We have been working with this kind of Intellectual Property for more than 40 years and we have ensured protection of thousands of works from our clients and colleagues, so we have acquired expertise in the related areas of entertainment law, media law, censorship and computer law.

Please note that, in your own interest, never publish your creative works before proper copyright protection.

For more information, please contact our Copyright department.