Copyright, Intellectual Property and Licensing
Ownership of Rights
Except where mandatory law or a written agreement states otherwise, all copyright, related rights, intellectual property rights and other economic exploitation rights relating to work developed by the Agency remain the exclusive property of the Agency.
This ownership covers, among others:
- Photographs
- Videos and audiovisual productions
- Aerial footage and drone-produced content
- Visual identities and branding systems
- Logos and graphic elements
- Websites and digital interfaces
- Content for social media
- Editorial design
- Illustrations
- Animations
- Texts, slogans and creative concepts
- Templates and visual systems
- Production files, projects and preparatory elements
Hiring services does not, by itself, imply the transfer of ownership of copyright or intellectual property over the work carried out.
License to Use
After full payment of the contracted amounts, the Agency grants the Client a license to use the delivered materials, under the terms defined in the commercial proposal, quote or applicable contract.
Unless otherwise stipulated in writing, the license granted has the following characteristics:
- Non-exclusive
- Non-transferable
- Non-sublicensable
- Limited to the contracting entity
- Limited to the contracted purposes
License Limits
In the absence of a specific agreement, the license granted exclusively permits:
- Use by the brand, company or entity identified in the quote or contract.
- Use in Portugal.
- Use on websites, digital platforms, social media, newsletters, digital catalogs and other of the brand's own communication channels.
- Use related to the products, services or activity of the contracting entity.
Uses Not Included
Unless the Agency gives prior written authorization, the license granted does not include:
- Use by third parties
- Use by affiliated, associated or same-group companies
- Use by distributors, franchisees or business partners
- International use
- Use in international advertising campaigns
- Use on television, cinema, streaming platforms or mass media
- Resale of content
- Commercialization of the work developed
- Transfer or sublicensing to third parties
- Use for brands or projects other than those for which the work was originally developed
- Substantial adaptation of the work without the Agency's authorization
Extension of Rights
Whenever the Client wishes to expand the territorial, temporal, commercial or functional scope of the initially granted license, prior authorization must be requested from the Agency.
Extending rights may require additional licensing and budget.
Moral Rights
The Agency and its authors retain the legally protected moral rights, including the right to be recognized as the author of the works, under applicable Portuguese law.
Portfolio and Promotion
Unless otherwise agreed in writing or subject to a confidentiality obligation, the Agency reserves the right to use the work produced for the purposes of:
- Portfolio
- Institutional website
- Social media
- Commercial presentations
- Award submissions
- Promotion of its professional activity
Reservation of Rights
All rights not expressly granted to the Client are considered reserved to the Agency.

