Originally Posted by aico

Unless a full release is signed, the person who CREATES the work owns it and holds all copyrights to it.

The same goes for design. If I design a logo, I own that logo until otherwise stated by either a usage rights agreement or full release. This usually determines the price. I have designed many logos in the past that were only allowed to be used for signage, then the client wanted to make t-shirts & hats with the logo, they were required to pay me more for that, because the original price was based on the usage only being for the sign.