Who owns my design if the factory has no signed proof?
Factory Bouncer · 15 years Jinjiang · Updated May 2026
Without a signed ownership trail, the factory can claim tooling and pattern as theirs. You need agreement plus dated design files before you share CAD.
Checklist
- Signed agreement: you own tooling and pattern.
- Dated design and pattern files on record before share.
- Factory acknowledgment of ownership when possible.
- Keep the trail if ownership is disputed later.
How Factory Bouncer does it
In Factory Bouncer: Ownership sits on the tooling protection. Lock the signed agreement as baseline and keep factory acknowledgment as proof. That dated trail is what finance and counsel use if the plant claims ownership.