Reference no: EM133458502

While working for a major firm. you completed design work for a Hotel Lobby that ultimately did not get built as the client chose not to move forward with the project when the funding fell through. Two years later, you are now working at a different firm and you see a project in a design magazine that was completed by the original firm where you designed the Hotel Lobby. This new project. in a different city but for the same client, lifts almost exactly your design of the Hotel Reception Desk and Feature Wall behind it. There is no mention of individual design team members and only the firm name is listed as the Designer-of-Record. In this scenario:

1. Who likely owned the rights to the unbuilt design work?

2. Was it legal for the firm to lift your design and re-use it here?

3. Was it ethical? Explain your answer.

4. How should the firm have behaved in this scenario?