Q: As a marketing intern at a brewery, after I left they're using my logo on EVERYTHING. Should I be asking them to pay me?
-I specifically told them that my logo was temporary until they hired a design agency.
-Now are using my logo on their building, beer, shirts, stickers, etc.
A: Did you have a written contract with them for the internship? Did you design the logo during your internship? At work? Etc. It is fairly standard practice for companies to insert language in contracts which grants the company, not the individual, the rights to things the individual designs on the job. It is also fairly common for contracts to include a clause that say the contract is the only agreement between the parties and cannot be orally modified. How did you tell them the logo was temporary? In a meeting, by email? Is there anyway to verify that?
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