Registration of Copyright Work at KCC in Korea


1. Obtaining of Legal Presumption

A person whose real name is registered as the author of a registered work shall be presumed as the author of the work.

A work for which its date of creation or the initial date of disclosure is registered shall be presumed to have been created or made public on the registered date. However, if a work is registered more than one year after its creation, it shall not be presumed to have been created on the date registered. In addition, when a registered work is infringed upon, it shall be presumed that the infringement has occurred due to negligence at least.

2. Priority of Rights between Conflicting Parties

In case a party is assigned with economic rights or the right to publication is established and these rights are registered, the registered assignee or the registered owner of the publication rights shall prevail over the duplicate assignee or the duplicate publication right holder.

3. Procedures

4 steps for Copyright registration: preparation, submission of application, examine and request complement, approve and issue a certificate of registration.
 
 
(1) Preparation - identifying the subject, the type of registration and the applicant’s eligibility before processing the application.

It is required to claim one registration for single work and category by the principle for registration, “one registration for one work” Additionally, only an obligee or obligor of registration can apply.

(2) Submission of Application

An applicant may submit the application, required documents, deposit copies of your work and registration fee electronically.

(3) Examine and Request for amendment

Copyright office examine the application submitted for registration whether it qualifies all the requirements. It will be requested to submit amendments if it does not.

(4) Approve and Issue a certificate of registration

When application is qualified, registration is approved and a certificate of registration is issued.
 

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