Treating legal document templates as DIY projects risks costly mistakes. Legal contracts need personalisation and industry-specific details to safeguard your business. Generic templates often lack essential provisions and can jeopardise enforceability. Instead, invest in tailored legal documents through Legals By Design® to ensure robust protection for your business and avoid potential disputes.

Legals by Design® is a unique blend of my knowledge and expertise, combined with the insights and implementation I deliver when collaborating with my clients. In this blog, I’m sharing why it captures the essence of what I do and the depth of what I deliver for clients when developing legal documents for businesses that truly work.

As a lawyer who works with a wide range of creative professionals, coaches, and consultants, I frequently encounter the same legal questions and challenges from my clients. To help more business owners navigate these issues successfully, I've compiled these legal resources for creatives that will ensure you are setting up your creative business for long-term success. 

As more and more entrepreneurs and business owners turn to ChatGPT to create content, questions about copyright ownership have begun to emerge. Clients have reached out to me several times lately asking, "Who owns the copyright if I'm using ChatGPT?" This is a great question, and in this blog post I will answer this in simple terms.

In many cases, people don’t know they’re using a registered trademark until it’s too late. But prevention is better than cure—and never was this more true than when it comes to accidentally using someone else’s trademark.

Intellectual property is something you need to get your head around if you’re a business owner. When you do, you might find that you’re set and good to go. But you might find that you’re not, and if that’s the case, you’ve got some work to do on this front. Let’s dive into some famous trademark cases and what we can learn from them.

Think about the parts that comprise your business: the name, your tagline, your logo, the wording on your website, any courses you’ve made… All of these things count as “property”. But do these things really belong to you? Or are you just borrowing them? What if somebody else starts using them? Are they even allowed to do that?!

We know launch creation is hard work, and it’s important to see payoff! The key to keeping your hard-won knowledge and those profits secure include protecting your business with solid Ts and Cs - and makes getting paid much easier!

The success of your business is important and marketing yourself online through your website and social media can be an effective way to help achieve that success. However, marketing yourself online also makes it possible for anyone to copy and use your content.

As a graphic designer, your creative work is your livelihood—but sharing it online makes it vulnerable to copycats. Learn how to protect your designs with essential legal steps, from business agreements to copyright and trademarks, plus what to do if you encounter a copycat.