Legal Question in Business Law in Tennessee

usage rights

We are a design agency and did work

for a large company for 13 years.

they moved thier headquarters and

are using a new design firm. They

want us to organize and turn over

13 years of files without paying for

our time to do so. they say they own

the files.We do not disagee but our

time to collect and organize should

be worth something right? we want

to be fairly compensated for our time


Asked on 4/12/07, 2:36 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
James R. Becker, Jr. Becker Law Firm

Re: usage rights

It depends on the agreement that you had with them. As a general matter, they are probably right, the files are theirs. Also as a general matter, you are right, a person does have a right to get paid for the services that are provided. However, you may want to consider future business opportunities in deciding what to do.

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Answered on 4/12/07, 2:45 pm


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