With a wealth of creative companies in the Portland area, one of the common legal issues we see as attorneys for small businesses, and especially for advertising agencies, is who owns the copyrights to the work that these agencies produce.  This post builds upon my earlier post, Transferring Copyrights, and is written specifically for this legal issue.  Agencies are often wise enough to enter into detailed written contracts with the companies for which they agree to act as agency of record.  And, (more…)