Software copyright registration wit the U.S. Copyright Office.
One of the most important tasks of any copyright holder is to protect their works from unfair use by third parties. However, the protection of such an intangible object as software has its own peculiarities and difficulties. How can I prove that it was you, who created this or that program, and not another person who uses the results of your intellectual work? The situation becomes more complicated if someone posted your work to the public before you.
As in any dispute, in these cases it will be necessary to prove that this or that program was created by you earlier than the work that the violator uses. In such situation, the state certificate of copyright registration issued by the US Copyright Office at the Library of Congress is one of the easiest and most reliable ways to prove and protect your rights, since protection does not apply from the moment of depositing the intellectual property object, but from the moment of filing an application for registration.
Advantages of the US Copyright Office
The advantages of this registration are not only strengthening the evidence base of the copyright holder (often, the presence of registration with an American state body allows you to resolve a dispute in a pre-trial order, which saves time and resources of the company), but also simplifying the process of alienating the results of intellectual activity – the presence of a certificate of registration opens access to foreign markets and makes the product more attractive to potential partners. Importantly, the certificate of the Bureau is recognized in 173 countries of the world, which allows you to register your product at once and save on obtaining many similar certificates in other jurisdictions.
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ITLS provides a service for registering copyright in the Bureau. We will undertake the preparation of documents, payment of state duty and interaction with government employees of the Bureau during the entire registration period (8-12 months, depending on the degree of workload of the Bureau).