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| کشور | آژانس ثبت (در صورت وجود) | الزامات ثبت حق چاپ |
| --- | --- | --- |
| آلبانی | دفتر حقوق نویسنده آلبانیایی | Voluntary. Registration is acceptable in court as evidence of author's right. |
| آنتیگوا و باربودا | None | Not required. No voluntary procedure available. |
| آرژانتین | وزارت عدلیه، امنیت و حقوق بشر | Voluntary. Registration serves as presumption of authorship and date of creation. |
| استرالیا | None | Not required. No voluntary procedure available. |
| بلاروس | مرکز ملی مالکیت فکری | داوطلبانه. ممکن است شواهدی مبنی بر تاریخ ایجاد و فرض مالکیت ایجاد کند.[نیازمند منبع] |
| برزیل | مختلف، بسته به موضوع | Voluntary. Registration may help to provide evidence of authorship and which may aid in certifying precedence in the case of two similar works. |
| کانادا | اداره مالکیت معنوی کانادا | Voluntary. Registration is evidence of ownership in an infringement case. |
| جمهوری خلق چین | اداره ملی کپی رایت | Voluntary. Recommended, especially for software. |
| دانمارک | None | Not required. No voluntary procedure available. |
| مصر | None | Not required. No voluntary procedure available. |
| فرانسه | دفتر سوادآموزی و اموال هنری | Voluntary, may establish evidence of date of creation and a presumption of ownership. |
| آلمان | None | Not required. No voluntary procedure available. |
| هند | دفتر حق چاپ | Voluntary, establishes prima facie evidence of the facts contained on the registration certificate and may be used in court as proof of those facts. |
| اسرائیل | None | Not required. No voluntary procedure available. |
| جامائیکا | هیچ‌کدام - مرکز خدمات مالکیت معنوی یک سازمان غیرانتفاعی است که خدمات ثبت خصوصی را ارائه می‌دهد و توسط اداره مالکیت معنوی جامائیکا برای این منظور توصیه می‌شود. | Not officially available, though voluntary registration through the Intellectual Property Services Centre provides rebuttable evidence of authorship and/or ownership. The Jamaican Intellectual Property Office officially recommends the practice of "poor man's copyright" to provide evidence of ownership and creation date. |
| ژاپن | Agency for Cultural Affairs | Voluntary, establishes presumption of facts contained in registration for use in court. |
| کنیا | Kenya Copyright Board | Voluntary, establishes prima facie evidence of the facts contained on the registration certificate and may be used in court as proof of those facts |
| لیتوانی | None | Not required. No voluntary procedure available. |
| مکزیک | National Copyrights Institute | Voluntary, establishes prima facie evidence of ownership. |
| پرتغال | Inspeção Geral das Atividades Culturais | Voluntary, offers refutable presumption of copyright and ownership. |
| روسیه | Rospatent | Voluntary registration available for computer programs and databases. |
| اسپانیا | Ministry of Culture | Voluntary, offers refutable presumption of copyright and ownership, but not required to file suit for infringement. |
| سوئد | None | Not required. No voluntary procedure available. |
| ترکیه | Ministry of Culture | Required for cinematographic works and phonograms, voluntary for all other works. Registration may be used as evidence. |
| اوکراین | National Office of Intellectual Property | Voluntary. |
| بریتانیا | None | Not required. No voluntary procedure available. |
| ایالات متحده آمریکا | دفتر حق تکثیر ایالات متحده آمریکا | Not required to obtain copyright protection, but required for domestic copyright owners to bring a suit for copyright infringement in federal court. Not required for a federal court's subject-matter jurisdiction, however, as established through the Supreme Court decision in Reed Elsevier, Inc. v. Muchnick. Registration establishes prima facie evidence of facts contained in registration certificate if made within five years of first publication. Copyright owners are precluded from collecting statutory damages and/or attorney's fees for any infringement occurring before registration. Foreign copyright owners are not required to register before suing for copyright infringement, but at least one court has held that they are subject to the same preclusion of statutory damages as domestic authors. |