Does anybody know the legalities of this situations please? My husband is a sole trader and paid a family member who is a graphic designer for branding work approx. 1 year ago (logo design, business cards, letterheads and vehicle sign writing to be specific). My husbands business received a FAS grant to pay for this service and payment was made directly to the graphic designer from Fas. Fast forward 1 year and my husband has fallen out with this family member for personal reasons. He purchased a new business vehicle which he had the same logo's etc applied to by a different sign writer. This has upset the family member and they have contacted the new designer demanding he doesn't publish pics etc of the work he has carried out. Who owns the rights to these designs and are we entitled to continue using them on business letterheads / vehicles etc going forward? How difficult is it to have these copyrighted into my husbands name? There was no formal contract in place between my husband and the initial graphic designer who carried out the design work. Petty of them to this I know, particularly when they were paid for their services! We obviously want to avoid hefty costs of re-branding also.