{"id":38221,"date":"2023-10-20T14:54:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/doing-business-online-what-are-the-legal-issues-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T14:54:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:54:59","slug":"doing-business-online-what-are-the-legal-issues-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/doing-business-online-what-are-the-legal-issues-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Doing business online: What are the legal issues? – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
Over the coming weeks, StartupSmart<\/i> will be running a five-part series that covers the legal basics involved in starting a business.<\/b><\/p>\n
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The first instalment, by Lachlan McKnight, CEO of LegalVision<\/a>, looked at legal structures<\/a>. Today, McKnight focuses on the online sector.<\/b><\/p>\n <\/span> <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n If you\u2019re running a start-up, big or small, the chances are you\u2019re doing business online \u2013 you will be providing information, goods or services through your website.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n A website is your portal to potential and actual customers, as well as other stakeholders. It\u2019s therefore really important that you get the legal issues relating to your website spot on from the beginning.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Before getting started on your website design you obviously need to register the URL. This is easy enough, but a number of businesses make the mistake of forgetting to check:<\/p>\n You don\u2019t want to build a website and brand and then be forced to change your name and URL because someone else is using the name or you\u2019re infringing their trademark. You definitely don\u2019t want to discover that you can\u2019t protect your name\/brand with a trademark!<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Before starting your business and choosing your name you should do two searches:<\/p>\nFirst things first \u2013 your URL<\/h3>\n
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