28.06.2011

Е. TSARAN: Inheritance certificate obtained half a century after the death of testator

Copyright inheritance is directly stipulated by Article 29 of the RF Law «On copyright and neighboring rights». It should be noted that the copyright to not only specific published or unpublished works are inherited, but to any and all works created by an author.

Under p. 1 of Article 9 of the foregoing Law, «copyright in a work of science, literature or the arts shall arise due to the fact of its production. There shall be no need to register or otherwise specially formalize the work or observe any other formalities for copyright therein to arise and be exercised.».