What's The Worst That Can Happen?

In this episode

[3:30] How many creative ways can your intellectual property be taken, copied or otherwise infringed upon? Jessica tells us in great detail the many ways she’s experienced!

[6:00] Can you guess how many cease and desist letters Jessica sent out in 2021?

[9:10] What is one great way to save yourself thousands of pounds on lawyers and avoid legally pursuing every possible infringement?

[11:35] How has Jessica’s decision to trademark Selling to Corporate paid off?

[14:50] What is the worst that can happen to Jessica in her corporate sales business?

[21:30] What could possibly be worth all of the time and money spent on getting yourself legally set up and protected?

Learn more about Jessica Lorimer!

https://selltocorporates.com

Listen to Jessica’s podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/selling-to-corporate/id1469526548

Learn more about the Legal Academy that Jessica is such a huge fan of and that has kept her business safe and secure while keeping her costs at a minimum: https://www.smallbusinesslegalacademy.co.uk/sbla

Find the resources mentioned in this episode!

www.suzannedibble.com/podcast

The contents of this podcast are provided for information purposes only and are not intended to amount to advice. You should not rely on any of the contents of this podcast. Professional advice should be obtained before taking or refraining from taking any action as a result of the contents of this podcast. Suzanne Dibble and Niche Legal Solutions Limited disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on any of the contents of this podcast (other than in relation to matters for which is not legally permissible to disclaim liability).

In this episode

[3:30] How many creative ways can your intellectual property be taken, copied or otherwise infringed upon? Jessica tells us in great detail the many ways she’s experienced!

[6:00] Can you guess how many cease and desist letters Jessica sent out in 2021?

[9:10] What is one great way to save yourself thousands of pounds on lawyers and avoid legally pursuing every possible infringement?

[11:35] How has Jessica’s decision to trademark Selling to Corporate paid off?

[14:50] What is the worst that can happen to Jessica in her corporate sales business?

[21:30] What could possibly be worth all of the time and money spent on getting yourself legally set up and protected?

Learn more about Jessica Lorimer!

https://selltocorporates.com

Find the resources mentioned in this episode!

www.suzannedibble.com/podcastresources

The contents of this podcast are provided for information purposes only and are not intended to amount to advice. You should not rely on any of the contents of this podcast. Professional advice should be obtained before taking or refraining from taking any action as a result of the contents of this podcast. Suzanne Dibble and Niche Legal Solutions Limited disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on any of the contents of this podcast (other than in relation to matters for which is not legally permissible to disclaim liability).

Today on the podcast, Suzanne is delighted to be joined by Karen Haller founder of the Behavioural Design Consultancy, which works with corporates and design professionals. She’s also the author of the best selling Penguin published A Little Book of Colour which has been translated into 14 different languages.

Karen’s business journey has not been without legal issues and concerns, especially when it comes to Intellectual Property. Over the years she’s learned valuable lessons including which party should present the contract first as well as the value of slowing things down during negotiations. She also shares her recent experience of what happens when you transfer a large sum of money to the wrong business account ... and the recipient then goes into liquidation!

Karen and Suzanne then go on to discuss the worst that could happen in her business and what you can do to protect yourself if a client doesn’t like the product or service that you’ve provided.

In this episode:

[1:45] Who is Karen Haller and what does she do?

[6:10] What is the value in sending your agreement to an organisation first instead of accepting theirs?

[10:57] Should you have an agreement in place and your first invoice paid before you begin work?

[20:24] Lessons learned: What happens when you make a payment to a wrong account?

[23:58] Can you get your money back from a mistaken payment?

[32:30] What's the worst that can happen in Karen’s business, and how can she protect herself if a client decides they’re not happy with the end product?

Learn more about Karen:

Consulting: https://karenhaller.com/

Free design industry e-book: https://karenhaller.com/free-10-myths-ebook/

Colour & Design courses https://karenhaller.com/courses/

If you would like access to all of the resources mentioned in this podcast, please visit:

www.suzannedibble.com/podcastresources

The contents of this podcast are provided for information purposes only and are not intended to amount to advice. You should not rely on any of the contents of this podcast. Professional advice should be obtained before taking or refraining from taking any action as a result of the contents of this podcast. Suzanne Dibble and Niche Legal Solutions Limited disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on any of the contents of this podcast (other than in relation to matters for which is not legally permissible to disclaim liability)

Lucy McCarraher is a publishing guru. She is the founder of Rethink Press, and is responsible for the publishing of over a thousand business books by authors in over twenty different countries. Her company has been helping business owners publish their own books for over ten years, giving advice and coaching along the way. On today’s episode, Lucy shares the issues that she had with trademarking their brand name and how she had to negotiate certain points with a potential opposer, before the trademark was able to be registered and how one of her authors had to unpublish her book due to not having carried out the correct trademark searches. Lucy and Suzanne discuss key points of copyright and common misconceptions that small businesses and authors have about copyright. Finally, they discuss the worst possible thing that can legally happen to Lucy’s business and the defences she has in place so that this doesn't happen.

In This Episode

[1:50] Lucy, along with her business partner Joe Gregory, founded Rethink Press over ten years ago as a two person business and now have over 60 professionals on their team. They have now published over a thousand books.

[4:56] How did they go about the process of trademarking their company name? It turns out another company had the name Rethink trademarked and Lucy had to undergo negotiations with certain stipulations in order to trademark the name Rethink.

[10:41] What protection do you have when you register an EU trademark? It’s not so simple now, because of Brexit. Lucy and Suzanne discuss the intricacies of trademark protection in the UK and the EU.

[12:06] What is the worst that can happen to Lucy’s business in her publishing endeavours and what defences does she have in place to prevent this.

Learn more about Lucy McCarraher!

www.lucymccarraher.com

Find the resources mentioned in this episode!

www.suzannedibble.com/podcastresources

The contents of this podcast are provided for information purposes only and are not intended to amount to advice. You should not rely on any of the contents of this podcast. Professional advice should be obtained before taking or refraining from taking any action as a result of the contents of this podcast. Suzanne Dibble and Niche Legal Solutions Limited disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on any of the contents of this podcast (other than in relation to matters for which is not legally permissible to disclaim liability).

Janet Murray is a master of planning, creating and publishing brilliant content. She has an amazingly varied range of products and services she offers to the business and entrepreneurial spaces. She helps business owners get their message out to the people that need them through the consistent habit of planning and releasing Courageous Content. Janet offers membership, events, a podcast, high ticket mentoring, online courses and a content planner that comes in physical product form. In this episode, Janet and Suzanne discuss the copying of Facebook ads, finding content that has looked identical to hers, as well as a photoshoot that someone else did including her product! They also get into why it was a great idea for Janet to trademark her brand, how she protected herself in working with freelancers, and what’s the worst thing that can legally happen in Janet’s business (and why it won’t)!

In This Episode

[2:01] What was Janet’s journey to finding Courageous Content and what are some of the legal issues she’s experienced while growing her online business?

[7:21] What happens if someone infringes on a copyright accidentally? Are the consequences still the same as if it were done intentionally?

[13:30] What happened when a former client of Janet’s shared some artwork that coincidentally looked very similar to her own?

[15:00] Why it’s a good idea to be open to contract negotiation.

[16:06] What is the worst that can happen to Janet in her content planning business and how has Janet protected herself from it?

Learn more about Janet Murray!

www.janetmurray.co.uk

Find the resources mentioned in this episode!

www.suzannedibble.com/podcastresources

The contents of this podcast are provided for information purposes only and are not intended to amount to advice. You should not rely on any of the contents of this podcast. Professional advice should be obtained before taking or refraining from taking any action as a result of the contents of this podcast. Suzanne Dibble and Niche Legal Solutions Limited disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on any of the contents of this podcast (other than in relation to matters for which is not legally permissible to disclaim liability).

Today on the podcast, Suzanne is delighted to be joined by Sara Price, the founder of Actually, a business that supports purpose-led business owners to achieve their business dreams through marketing and strategy support. She was also the co-founder of one of London's leading independent PR agencies.

Sara shares her experience of choosing to start a business at a time when the economy was recovering from the financial crash and, despite the odds, turning it into a huge success. That success brought with it rapid growth. The company then had to be restructured a few years later leading to some staff redundancies which meant negotiating all the complexities and legalities that came with it.

Suzanne and Sara discuss some very important distinctions between employees and freelancers, and the rights and regulations that come into effect with each type of relationship.

They then go on to talk about the worst that could happen in Sara’s business - the ever- present threat that someone will steal Sara’s Intellectual Property, and what happens if someone decides not to pay their bill.

As always, Suzanne has practical advice on all of the subjects discussed in this episode - particularly timely as anyone in business tries to navigate through these very challenging times.

In this episode:

[3:50] Sara recounts her story of starting a business within a recessive period and having massive success during that time.

[5:00] Sara talks about having to restructure her business after that growth period, and how that led to making some of her employees redundant.

[7:52] Suzanne highlights some of the intricacies involved in letting employees go, and how to avoid major consequences.

[9:50] Suzanne and Sara discuss the differences between an employee and a freelancer, and why that definition matters when it comes to governing the professional relationship.

[16:26] Suzanne shares resources to help you determine whether or not you have an employee, or have hired a freelancer.

[21:41] How Sara intends to grow her team moving forward.

[27:00] Sara presents Suzanne with the worst thing she feels could happen in her business surrounding non-payment and IP theft..

Learn more about Sara: https://actually.world

Find the resources mentioned in this episode!

www.suzannedibble.com/podcastresources

The contents of this podcast are provided for information purposes only and are not intended to amount to advice. You should not rely on any of the contents of this podcast. Professional advice should be obtained before taking or refraining from taking any action as a result of the contents of this podcast. Suzanne Dibble and Niche Legal Solutions Limited disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on any of the contents of this podcast (other than in relation to matters for which is not legally permissible to disclaim liability)