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Choosing between a .au and .com.au domain for your business commercial law 10 Oct 2026

Choosing between a .au and .com.au domain for your business

Choosing between a .au and .com.au domain for your business? Compare auDA eligibility, name rules, customer trust and dispute risk before registering.

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Confidentiality breaches in small business, causes, consequences and prevention commercial law 10 Oct 2026

Confidentiality breaches in small business, causes, consequences and prevention

What causes confidentiality breaches in Australian small business, what they can cost you, and how contracts, training and the Privacy Act protect you.

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The clauses to check before you sign an IP licence intellectual property 10 Oct 2026

The clauses to check before you sign an IP licence

Checking an IP licence before you sign? See the clauses that matter, from the definition of IP to exclusive rights, royalties and ownership of new IP.

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Starting a marketplace website in Australia and the legal checklist before launch commercial law 09 Oct 2026

Starting a marketplace website in Australia and the legal checklist before launch

Before you launch a marketplace website in Australia, know where the ACL, privacy and GST rules apply to you and which contracts to put in place first.

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Registering a trade mark for an adult entertainment business intellectual property 09 Oct 2026

Registering a trade mark for an adult entertainment business

Weighing whether to register a trade mark for your adult entertainment business? Here are the costs, registrability hurdles and enforcement benefits.

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Buying an online business and what to check before you sign commercial law 09 Oct 2026

Buying an online business and what to check before you sign

Before you buy an online business, check how the intellectual property, domain name, software licences, customer data and employee entitlements transfer to you.

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Confidentiality statement or NDA, which does your business need? commercial law 09 Oct 2026

Confidentiality statement or NDA, which does your business need?

A confidentiality statement sets expectations, but it is not an NDA. Learn when an email footer is enough and when to sign a non-disclosure agreement first.

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Intellectual property policy clauses, a clause-by-clause guide intellectual property 08 Oct 2026

Intellectual property policy clauses, a clause-by-clause guide

A clause-by-clause guide to drafting an intellectual property policy for your Australian business, from ownership and confidentiality to enforcement.

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When to call a small business lawyer in Australia (and how to choose one) commercial law 07 Oct 2026

When to call a small business lawyer in Australia (and how to choose one)

When should you call a small business lawyer, what can they actually help with, and how do you choose the right one? A practical guide for Australian SMEs.

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Trading As, what It Means for Your Business Name and Legal Entity commercial law 06 Oct 2026

Trading As, what It Means for Your Business Name and Legal Entity

Trading as means operating under a business name registered to your legal entity. Learn what it is, when you must register one, and how to use it.

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When a shareholder leaves and the protective clauses in a share sale agreement commercial law 06 Oct 2026

When a shareholder leaves and the protective clauses in a share sale agreement

When a shareholder leaves, the share sale agreement's confidentiality, IP and restraint clauses decide what your business keeps. Here is what each must cover.

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Trade mark monitoring in Australia and how the system actually works intellectual property 05 Oct 2026

Trade mark monitoring in Australia and how the system actually works

How trade mark monitoring works in Australia: the register, the two-month opposition window, class conflicts, non-use risk and when a lawyer should step in.

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