What will I learn in the Small Business Legal Academy?
Video Guides
Checklists
Template Documents
Factsheets
Module one: Protecting your business
Week one: protecting your brand, your most important asset
How to obtain trademark protection
Taking your product from idea to reality
Trademark Checklist to guide you through the application process and to save you £££ on legal fees
Trademark Cease and Desist Letter for use when you want to stop someone from using your registered trademark
Passing Off Cease and Desist Letter for use when you want to stop someone from using your unregistered trademark
How to apply for a patent Factsheet
How to protect your brand Factsheet
How to license your Intellectual Property Factsheet
How to choose and protect your business name
IP Assignment Letter (which you will need if someone other than you or your employee created your logo in order to assign the copyright in your logo to you so that you can trademark it)
Business Name Checklist
Business Name Factsheet
Design Rights Factsheet
Trademarks Factsheet
Is my invention patentable Factsheet
Protecting your strapline Factsheet
Week two: protecting your online content
How to stop your competitors from stealing your online content
How to choose your domain name and protect it
Copyright Protection Checklist to guide you through the process of identifying infringing content, protecting against future infringement and enforcing take down and to save you £££ on legal fees
Copyright Cease and Desist Letter which you send to somebody who is infringing your copyright eg lifted your blog
Trademark Cease and Desist Letter which you send to somebody who is infringing your registered trademark
Passing Off Cease and Desist Letter which you send to somebody who is infringing your unregistered trademark
Copyright Notice to protect your copyright on all of your materials
Take Down Notice to send to Internet Service Providers to request that they take down infringing content
Letter to content thief to use where somebody has stolen your online content
Domain Name Transfer Agreement to use when a domain name is being transferred to you, eg because your designer had registered it in their name
Website development agreement to use with your website developer or designer
Do I own the copyright in my content Factsheet
Domain Names Factsheet
Week three: limiting your liability and making sure you get paid
Why you need Terms of Business and what to include in them
How to get paid in full, on time, every time
Terms of business for online stores (e-commerce terms)
Terms of business for providing services business to business
Terms of business for providing services business to consumer
Terms of business for providing goods business to business
Terms of business for providing goods business to consumer
E-commerce terms (for trading online)
Invoice template
Letter demanding payment
Letter before action which you have to send to people in a prescribed format before you lodge a claim at court otherwise there could be costs implications
Terms of Business Checklist to ensure that you have what you need in your existing Terms of Business
Getting Paid Checklist to make sure that you get paid in full, on time, every time.
Insurance Checklist so that you know what insurances you need
Step by step guide to chasing debts
Why you need to have terms and conditions in place Factsheet
Why you need e-commerce terms of use Factsheet
Week four: getting the best deal with suppliers
Negotiating tips and tricks (to get the best deal from your suppliers)
Dealing with suppliers
Supplier Contract Checklist to ensure that you deal with all of the important points when dealing with suppliers to protect your position as best you can and to ensure the best deal
Module 2: complying with regulations
Week five: how to be data protection and website compliance
Email marketing the Legal Way and everything else you need to know about Data Protection
How to make a Data Protection Registration
Data Protection Compliance Checklist
Website Compliance Checklist
Email Marketing Factsheet
Information required on websites Factsheet
Website Terms of Use to keep your website compliant and protect your website and business
Acceptable Use Policy to set out what is acceptable content for users to upload to your site and provide you with sanctions and protections
Privacy Policy to help you comply with data protection regulations and reassure your contacts that you won't misuse their personal data
Cookie Policy to comply with cookie regulations
Opt in Wording to use when gathering personal data such as email addresses
Why you need Website Terms of Use
Week six: avoiding hot water in advertising and social media
All you need to know about Advertising Regulation
The legalities of social marketing
Facebook Promotion Terms
Advertising Compliance Checklist
BONUS: Document Retention Checklist
How to smash Facebook competitions while staying within the law
Social Media Policy
Facebook Rules Checklist
Social Media Checklist
BONUS: Business Stationery Checklist
Module 3: growing your business
Week seven: protecting your business when working with freelancers
Taking on Staff
Taking On Your First Freelancer
Freelance Checklist
Virtual Assistant Agreement
Freelance Agreement
Freelance Status Checklist
Week eight: avoiding employee claims
Employment Rights
Stress Free Recruitment
Employment Status Indicator Checklist
Recruitment Checklist
Offer Letter
Employment Agreement
Disciplinary Procedure
Grievance Policy
