Can an architectural firm terminate a license to use its drawings and specifications? Yes, yes it can.

When an architect creates a design, who owns the rights to that work? Who has the copyright on that design?

Copyright is a type of personal property right that grants the owner of the copyright control over the use and transfer of a copyrighted work (a piece of intellectual property). Copyright can be owned by one creator or multiple creators, an employer,...

Have you ever thought of licensing one or more pieces of your intellectual property? It’s always nice to have a source of revenue and maybe a few companies have hinted they would pay to use your IP in their products or services.

Do what you want and say what you will. Trademark decorum has left the USA.

Let’s take a look at each concept individually with an overview of intellectual property, a definition of copyright, and an explanation of how copyright fits into the universe of intellectual property.