A Copyright registered in India will be valid in India and Copyright Literary and Artistic works will be protected in all Berne Convention member countries. At present there are 178 signatory countries out of 195 countries in the world today.
List of Signatories to Berne Convention Treaty
| • Afghanistan | • Ghana | • Pakistan | • Albania | • Greece |
| • Panama | • Algeria | • Grenada | • Paraguay | • Andorra |
| • Guatemala | • Peru | • Antigua and Barbuda | • Guinea | • Philippines |
| • Argentina | • Guinea-Bissau | • Poland | • Armenia | • Guyana |
| • Portugal | • Australia | • Haiti | • Qatar | • Austria |
| • Holy See | • Romania | • Azerbaijan | • Honduras | • Russian Federation |
| • Bahamas | • Hungary | • Rwanda | • Bahrain | • Iceland |
| • Saint Kitts and Nevis | • Bangladesh | • India | • Saint Lucia | • Barbados |
| • Indonesia | • St. Vincent & Grenadines | • Belarus | • Ireland | • Samoa |
| • Belize | • Italy | • Sao Tome and Principe | • Benin | • Jamaica |
| • Saudi Arabia | • Benin | • Jamaica | • Senegal | • Bhutan |
| • Japan | • Serbia | • Bolivia | • Jordan | • Singapore |
| • Bosnia and Herzegovina | • Kazakhstan | • Slovakia | • Botswana | • Kenya |
| • Slovenia | • Brazil | • Kiribati | • Solomon Islands | • Brunei |
| • Korea, Democratic | • South Africa | • Bulgaria | • People's Republic | • Spain |
| • Burkina Faso | • Korea, Republic | • Sri Lanka | • Burundi | • Kuwait |
| • Sudan | • Cabo Verde | • Kyrgyzstan | • Suriname | • Cameroon |
| • Lao People's Democratic Republic | • Sweden | • Canada | • Latvia | • Switzerland |
| • Central African Republic | • Lebanon | • Syrian Arab Republic | • Chad | • Lesotho |
| • Tajikistan | • Chile | • Liberia | • Thailand | • China |
| • Libya | • Togo | • Colombia | • Liechtenstein | • Tonga |
| • Comoros | • Lithuania | • Trinidad and Tobago | • Congo, Democratic Republic | • Macedonia, North |
| • Turkey | • Congo, Republic | • Madagascar | • Turkmenistan | • Cook Islands |
| • Malawi | • Tuvalu | • Costa Rica | • Malaysia | • Ukraine |
| • Cote d'Ivoire | • Mali | • United Arab Emirates | • Croatia | • Malta |
| • United Kingdom | • Cuba | • Mauritania | • United Republic of Tanzania | • Cyprus |
| • Mauritius | • United States of America | • Czech Republic | • Mexico | • United States of America |
| • Denmark | • Micronesia, Federated States of | • Uruguay | • Djibouti | • Moldova, Republic of |
| • Uzbekistan | • Dominica | • Monaco | • Vanuatu | • Dominican Republic |
| • Mongolia | • Venezuela, Bolivarian | • Ecuador | • Montenegro | • Vietnam |
| • Egypt | • Morocco | • Yemen | • El Salvador | • Mozambique |
| • Zambia | • Equatorial Guinea | • Namibia | • Estonia | • Nepal |
| • Zimbabwe | • Eswatini | • Netherlands | • Fiji | • New Zealand |
| • Finland | • Nicaragua | • France | • Niger | • Gabon |
| • Nigeria | • Gambia | • Niue | • Georgia | • Norway |
| • Germany | • Oman |
Works that are protected by Copyright
| Literary Works | Artistic Works | Dramatic | Cinematographic | Sound Recordings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Books | Paintings | Drama | Movies | Songs |
| Articles | Drawings | Choreographies | Ad films | |
| Film Script | Sketches | Documentaries | ||
| Guides | Comics | Short film | ||
| Syllabus | Cartoon figures | |||
| Adaptations | Label design | |||
| Translations | Architectural plan | |||
| Novels | Statues | |||
| Speeches | Mascot | |||
| Software/Apps | ||||
| Stories | ||||
| Poems | ||||
| Manuals | ||||
| Musical work |
Term of Copyright:
- Term of copyright in published literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works published within the lifetime of the author until sixty years from the beginning of the calendar year next following the year in which the author dies.
- In the case of a cinematograph film and sound recording, copyright shall subsist until sixty years from the beginning of the calendar year next following the year in which they are published