PowerPoint Template licence for use

[Neil]

If I design a template for a corporate client and sell it to them is there a
way to copyright it so they have exclusive ownership of 'look and feel'?
Aside from the time producting the template, can I also charge a licencing
fee for clients to use exclusively throughout their organisation?

 

[Bill Dilworth]

Copyright laws vary from country to country, so I would strongly suggest an
appointment with a local copyright attorney.

As I understand it (I'm not a lawyer), in the USA, any work created is
copyrighted from the moment of creation. Getting a legal copyright makes
defending the copyright easier should it ever go to court, but is not
required. You can sell your rights to an original work you created, and
charge any price you want. The terms of the sales contract can be defined
by you and the company and can include usage, purpose, or duration of
rights. You can not copyright a "look" or "feel", only a created work.
Note also that collages and compilations of other works require usage
permissions from their owners.


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