I don't know the legal answer to this. But my question to you is WHY would you bother with all that ownership stuff? It's much easier to charge the guy a flat fee for creating the figure. Then charging a fee for every animation you do with it from there on. You won't own the figure anymore. But you'll sleep much easier at night if you don't need to worry about all that ownership stuff. So I'd sell him the 3D figure first (even if it's very cheap). Then contract the animation stuff from there. ScottA