Legal Question in Intellectual Property in Illinois

when does a designer's rights end and a company's begins?

I am a web designer who worked for Company A. I recently quit Company A to pursue starting a new company, Company B. Before I left, I asked my boss (the owner of Company A) if i could use works that I produced while working for Company A to promote myself as a freelancer and to promote Company B. He orally agreed.

2 months later, he emails me saying he saw the links on Company B's website to works produced by Company A (these are only to projects that I produced while working for Company A).

Can I legally use works I produced while at Company A to promote Company B? What if there's a textual confirmation next to said works stating they were produced by Company A, but are capabilities by a designer from Company B?

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