Legal Question in Intellectual Property in Texas

rights to cartoon strip

My son is a college student who until recently worked for the college newspaper as a cartoonist. He drew a strip that he developed before working for the newspaper. He was terminated from the position and told that the college owns the rights to his strip. He did not sign a contract with the school. Do they have legal rights to his strip?


Asked on 3/07/07, 10:05 pm

2 Answers from Attorneys
Johm Smith tom's

Re: rights to cartoon strip

Not if he did not sign anything giving them those rights. Feel free to contact me regarding this. My firm focuses on Internet and entertainment law.

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Answered on 3/07/07, 11:13 pm
Peter Bradie Bradie, Bradie & Bradie

Re: rights to cartoon strip

If your son didn't copyright his cartoon characters before working for the newspaper, and they did as a "work for hire", they probably now own it. There are a number of facts that may bear on the results, so it's impossible to give an absolute answer.

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Answered on 3/08/07, 10:02 am


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