1. The web site presentation of my company was outsourced but we furnished the texts, the photos and precise instructions as to how the site should be presented. Who is the owner of the intellectual property rights in the website?

2. We have an agency contract with an advertising agency who created our marketing campaign for France. Can we use the same advertising campaign for other countries or for other formats/uses?

3. We intend to reuse and adapt an article written by one of the salaried authors of our magazine. As we have already paid him for the work, can we not reuse for free?

4. We have been working with an author for many years and paying him for work done, without having a written contract. The invoices do not indicate what uses were authorised. How do we know what we can or cannot do?

5. Our company’s audio-visual archives contain films produced by salaried film directors and by independent film directors. Should I make a difference? What needs to be addressed before use of the films?

6. I have conceived a special shop concept/outlay evidenced by drawings and photos that have no date on them. Why is the proof of the date of the creation important and how do I prove?

7. Our Marketing Department has put together a press file for a product launch of a cosmetic product. To give credit to the product, we refer to scientific opinion and research and cite abundantly certain authors. I am told that I can only briefly cite. What is acceptable?

8. For our advertising campaign, we contracted with an advertising agency that created the concept and image of the ad. Once we had agreed on the concept and image, a photograph was contracted to produce the image. Who has the IP rights to the work: the artistic director of the agency or the photograph or both?

9. Several authors jointly wrote a work dedicated to the theme of chocolate. Some parts were clearly written by one person, others by others and for some parts, it is not clear who did what. How do you divide out the IP rights to the work?

10. The Instructions to use of several of our products have been copied and imitated by a competitor. Do I have author rights on the Instructions to use?

1. Each season, our company creates a dozen or so models of clothing. What is the best way to protect them?

2. Our industrial design registration has expired. Can I still renew? If not, can I consider I still have protection and of what sort?

3. Our company designed a display stand incorporating different aspects of existing display stands in the public domain. One of our competitors has reproduced an identical replica. Can we consider we have design rights to the display stand?

4. In the pre-contractual phase of discussions with a prospect, we revealed the industrial design of an ongoing project that the prospect then registered. What are my options?

5. I designed drawings of a mechanical spare part that is essentially functional. Can I register the industrial design?

1. A photo taken of me during a private training session is being used in an advertising campaign for the company that provided the training. My authorisation should have been requested, is this not so?

2. Posts appearing on social media contain private and wrongful information that I consider damaging. Who is responsible in this case and how should I proceed?

3. Can a press magazine use a photo taken of me during a public protest to illustrate an article written on the protest?

4. Former and old photographs and comments I made in the social media are now incompatible with my current profession. Do I have the right to have them withdrawn? How?

5. Photos taken of me (an artist) during a live show are being reused on the cover of a CD not related to the live show. How can I have these photos removed and obtain reparation?