Today I'm busting legal myths about how long agreements need to be. Some legal agreements that my clients send me to review are just pages, and pages, and pages, one I saw was like 300 pages long. So the myth we are busting today is...
Continue ReadingToday I'm going to be busting legal myths about logos, clients frequently want me to register their logos as a trademark and that's a good idea to protect it. Every time I always ask them who created that logo for you? Because if you created...
Continue ReadingThe legal myth that we're busting in small business today is that if you find something on the internet and it's not attributed then you can use it. What I'm talking about might be blog posts, it might be comments on blog posts, social media...
Continue ReadingThe legal myth that we are busting today, is that you should never work with friends or family. That's not really true is it? I hear it all the time and it's not really true. I have to say that, because I work with my...
Continue ReadingWe 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...
Continue ReadingThe 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...
Continue ReadingThe 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...
Continue ReadingThe 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...
Continue ReadingThe 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...
Continue ReadingThe 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...
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