1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 30
  3. CHAPTER 13
  4. Part 1
  5. 30-13-132 Joint authorship

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 30. TRADE AND COMMERCE

CHAPTER 13. ASSUMED BUSINESS NAMES, TRADEMARKS, AND RELATED RIGHTS

Part 1. General Provisions

Joint Authorship

30-13-132. Joint authorship. Unless otherwise agreed, a product of the mind in the production of which several persons are jointly concerned is owned by them as follows:

(1) if the product is single, in equal proportions;

(2) if it is not single, in proportion to the contribution of each.

History: En. Sec. 1361, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 4560, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 6807, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 981; Field Civ. C. Sec. 430; re-en. Sec. 6807, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 67-1105.