We are busting legal myths in small business, the myth we are busting today is one I came across on social media, it’s to do with orphan images. The poster had asked when do I know, when I can use images from Google, and the person who answered had said Read more…
The legal myth that we are busting today relates to ownership of your trademark if something happens to your company. This is actually a pretty sad case because it happened to a client of mine. She came to me and she said,”Look I need you to transfer my trademark out Read more…
The legal myth that we are busting today in your small business is what a license to use an image actually entitles you to. Now, I’m not talking about free images, free images are spoken about a lot and I do not recommend you ever use a free image website Read more…
The legal myth we are busting today, is that you paid to use an image online and therefore you are safe from a demand for copyright infringement. I’m talking about if you’ve used a stock image site, you’ve paid for it, and you’ve popped it up on your website and Read more…
The legal myth that we are busting today is that your trademark gives you protection everywhere. Now I always say, your registered trademark is your superpower. It’s stronger than a company name, a domain name, and a business name. Every business should have one, but there is a limitation with Read more…
The legal myth we are busting today relates to taxes. Now, I am not a tax expert, but because I have had clients fall into this trap, I thought I would share this with you. This is one of those examples, where I’m talking about Australia, but I anticipate that Read more…
The legal myth that we are busting today is that in Australia your workers and you cannot choose whether or not to be an employee, you can’t choose whether someone is an employee or a contractor, the law decides. Now this is different in every country so please get proper Read more…
What are business structures and why do you need to know about them? So when people start trading, you’ve got the option of just simply picking out your shingle, starting to run your business, and basically you are your business. Now there are some downsides to that. One of Read more…
Hey there, today we are talking about avoiding the lemming mistake in your business. You know those little lemmings, you’ve seen the cartoons of them going off the cliff and then the next one goes and then another, and another, and another. Well a lot of small businesses do that Read more…
One thing that I have seen in my 20 plus years of being a lawyer that causes one of the biggest problems in small business is simply just not having things down in writing. The potential disaster that this causes is not usually so much to do with one person Read more…