Re: Is it Work for Hire if you are the employer, as well as the employee?

Subject: Re: Re: Is it Work for Hire if you are the employer, as well as the employee?

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: : For 5 years I was a 50 percent partner in an advertising agency (the other partner also owned 50 percent of the corporation). Along with being an officer, my role was creative director. I drew a salary as well as collected owner's equity payments. During the six years I created many original illustrations and designs without the help of another person. Since I was the creative one, I was the one giving direction to, well, myself. And since I was a co-owner, I essentially provided myself the equipment I used and (50 percent of) the location. : : Note: We also had other creative employees who contributed their own work to our company portfolio, but not to my projects. : : The first question is: Given the circumstances, was the work I did "work for hire"? : : The second question is: If it is "work for hire", since the company no longer exists (it was dissolved a few months ago, and physical assets divided equally), who is the author? : Dear Cenglishm, : Don't start with legal conclusions. What do you have and what do you want to use, and who owns what? : M. Arthur Auslander : Auslander & Thomas-Intellectual Property Law Since 1909 : 505 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018 : 212-594-6900, fax 212-244-0028, aus@auslander.com : ELAINE's Workshop® : E arly L egal A dvice I s N ot E xpensive(sm)

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