Copyright services

Don't let others copy + paste your work.

Protecting the expression of thought rather than the originality of ideas.

Copyright is an exclusive right given to an author of an original work. With copyright, you regain control over the use and distribution of your work. Copyright does not extend protection to any ideas, principles, procedures and the like. Instead, copyright only protects how the idea, principle, or procedure is being expressed.

Is there a need for copyright registration in Malaysia?

Copyright is an automatic protection. Copyright exists from the moment the work is created. Thus, registration of copyright notification is voluntary and it is a form of ownership evidence. There are also other ways to provide ownership evidence. However, copyright notification is preferred due to having the facts of copyright on the public record.

Works eligible for copyright protection

Literary works

e.g. books, pamphlets, manuscripts, reports and computer programmes.

Musical works

Artistic works

e.g. graphics, photographs, sculptures, paintings and craftmanships.

Sound recordings

Broadcast

Derivative works

e.g. translations and database.

Films

How can we help you?

Anatomize your copyright works

Since the registration of copyright notification is based on the category of works, we can help you to identify all relevant categories to cover different parts of your product. In fact, we will further check the eligibility of each part of your product for copyright protection.

Ease of mind

While you sit back and relax, we will prepare and submit all of the necessary documents to MyIPO. For all you know, you’ll just receive a confirmation that your notification of copyright has been recorded at MyIPO.

Explore your options

Other than registering for copyright notification, we do have a few options in mind that you may want to consider.