Legal Question in Intellectual Property in Georgia
Logo
When you pay someone to create a logo for your business, who legally owns the logo? The company that created the logo or the company that paid for the logo?
3 Answers from Attorneys
Re: Logo
In many cases the logo creator may get a Copyright of the work. Were you involved in the actual creation of the logo except for the payment? Did you have a work agreement in writing?
Re: Logo
Generally, the entity that pays to have a third party create a logo owns the trade or service mark. However, there may a contract that reads otherwise.
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Re: Logo
The payor may own the mark but its copyright would be owned by the designer/creator of the logo unless there is a written agreement stating that the logo was a work-for-hire. You would be well advised to get that agreement and should confer with an attorney to do so.