Highlight the originality of your content
Your creations embody your identity, strengthen your positioning, and represent valuable intangible assets. Copyright law allows you to protect this value effectively from the moment the work is created, without any prior formality in France—provided it is original.
Product design, graphic interfaces, websites, photography, corporate films, marketing visuals, music, logos, brand guidelines, or even source code: all these works can be protected by copyright, as long as they reflect a genuine creative contribution from their author.
Automatic Protection… Within Limits
In France, copyright arises automatically upon the creation of an original work.
No registration is required. However, in practice, you must be able to prove your rights in the event of a dispute:
Proof of the creation date
Ability to demonstrate originality
- Clear identification of the author
Our IP attorneys help you secure these key elements from the outset, to avoid legal weaknesses later on.
Complementary to Other Rights
Copyright can often be combined with other forms of protection:
- Designs and aesthetic creations: protectable both through copyright (from creation) and design rights (via registration).
- Software: source code is covered by copyright, while technical functionalities may, under certain conditions, be patentable.
- Logos and communication assets: may be protected by copyright and trademark registration.
We assist you in defining the most relevant combined protection strategy for your objectives.
Good to Know
Anticipate Proof and Disputes
In the event of litigation, reliable proof of creation date is crucial. This will enable you to enforce your rights before the courts if necessary.
We recommend systematically establishing proof of authorship through secure, legally recognized tools such as:
- Official or ministerial bailiff’s reports,
- The envelope Soleau (French IP Office system),
- Electronic timestamping,
- Blockchain solutions,
- File deposits with certified organizations.
This simple, low-cost step can prove decisive in cases of copying, disputes, or challenges to your rights.
Our Copyright Services
We support you at every stage:
Analysis of the protection applicable to your creations
Securing the chain of rights
author, employer, contractor…
Combined protection strategies:
droit d’auteur, marque, dessins et modèles, brevet
Drafting of contracts :
assignments, licenses, commissioned works
Litigation and infringement management
- Establishing proof of creation date
timestamping or other methods
In Summary
- Copyright protects your creations from the moment they are conceived, without formalities in France.
- It covers a wide range of works (visual, audiovisual, software, etc.).
- Its strength depends on your ability to prove authorship, originality, and creation date.
- It can be combined with other rights for stronger protection.
- Internationally, copyright law varies greatly between countries (scope, formalities, excluded subject matter).
Our team is here to help you protect, strengthen, and enforce your copyright, in France and worldwide.