dave90210

I hired some idiot to design something for me she told me her hourly rate for her services I agreed and she filled out a non compete form. She later decides she wants more money and turns crazy on me and steals all my materials and says shes going to use the materials to make my product i asked her to design and sell them on ebay. Even though she stole all my materials and product the police wont let me file a police report.

She claims her design I hired her to do is hers and not mine even though I already paid her for it. 2 weeks later after I hired she she demands royalties and other fees for using her work. She was being paid to design a prototype it wasn't a business partner relationship. She knew when I hired her the prototype was going to be used for production. She got mad at me because she didn't like my tone when I asked her why she bought more materials for my design without asking me first. That's how this whole shit storm started

Can I legally produce the product she made the prototype for that I already paid her the hourly rate for?