Client stole our comps
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From the AIGA Ethical Practices Handbook:
"A professional designer will clearly outline all intellectual property ownership and usage rights in a project proposal or estimate."
And later on...
"Rights/Ownership
All tangible materials in all
circumstances remain the property of the Designer. All rights and ownership apply to preliminary concepts, works in progress and finished material, whether the project is completed or canceled.The Client will be entitled to limited and specific usage rights of such materials only for the purpose of reproduction, after which all materials will be returned, unaltered, to the Designer within 30 days of use.
Upon payment of all fees and
expenses, the Designer will grant
all reproduction and/or usage
rights, as outlined in the attached estimate/proposal, for all approved final materials created by the Designer for this project.If the Client wishes to make any
additional use of the materials, the Client agrees to seek permission from the Designer and make suchpayments as are approved by the parties at that time. Where alterations or retakes are necessary, the Designer will be given the opportunity to make such changes at an agreed-upon additional charge."Take that as you will.