Our services for Companies
1. IP Portfolio
ONE IP protects your Intellectual property rights efficiently and predict risks effectively by providing:
- monthly IP Monitoring/ Competitor Monitoring
- status advice and strategy-related adjustment of the IP Portfolio
- ongoing IP Portfolio Administration to assist your business operation
- ongoing Advice in relation to legal matters/ IP – for example, as well as registering your intellectual property (IP) in Australia, you should ensure that goods you export will not infringe the IP of other businesses.
2. Legal Documents
At ONE IP INTERNATIONAL we draft comprehensive legal documents to strengthen your commercial benefits and mitigate risks. For example, we advise you on the commercial and legal effects of the provisions in contracts and tailor contracts to suit your situation, rather than working from generic templates.
3. Selling products
When selling products, you will need a comprehensive understanding of:
- Australia’s trade measurement laws
- Pricing regulations
- Displaying prices
- Product labelling
- Warranties and refunds
- Selling goods & services
- Contracts
4. Providing services
When you agree to do a job in exchange for money or some other benefit, you are most likely entering into a commercial contract. This contract is legally enforceable, regardless of whether it is a ‘handshake deal’ or written agreement.
5. Importing and exporting
There are certain laws and permits you need to adhere to before you commence the importation or exportation of products. Contact the Department of Home Affairs for further advice and information.
6. Legal Compliance
– Laws of the environment
Federal, state and local governments jointly administer the environmental protection laws in Australia. As a business owner, you need to understand which laws apply to you.
– Legal obligations of marketing
When marketing your products or services, you need to be mindful of the relevant regulations in order to ensure you aren’t misleading your customers.
These include laws on advertising, signage, spam, pricing and licensing for using music in your advertising or even playing music in your business.
– The Privacy Act
Visit the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner’s website to access a checklist that will provide you with clear oversight as to how your business needs to comply with the Australian Privacy Principles.
– Employment
It is important to understand your legal obligations to your employees in order to minimise your potential liability.
Employing people:
There are many legal obligations for employing people, such as:
- paying your employees correct wages
- reimbursing your employees for work-related expenses
- ensuring you have workers’ compensation insurance for each employee
- protecting your employees from acts that may seriously damage their reputation or cause mental distress or humiliation.
Anti–bullying laws:
Bullying at work occurs when a person, or group of people, repeatedly behaves unreasonably towards a worker and places the worker’s health or safety at risk.
There are legal risks associated with harassment and bullying in the workplace. If you employ people, you should be aware of the steps you can
Independent contractors/ employee:
To comply with your legal obligations, it’s important to understand whether you are hiring an independent contractor or an employee. Independent contractors and employees have different scopes of legal obligations and duty of care, such as vicarious liability.
Unfair dismissal:
The Small Business Fair Dismissal Code provides small businesses with a process to follow if they need to dismiss an employee. The Code applies to your business if you have less than 15 employees.
To download the Code and a checklist to ensure you comply, visit Unfair Dismissal on the Fair Work Commission website.
– The Franchising Code of Conduct
All franchise businesses, including franchisors and franchisees, must comply with the mandatory industry code, Franchising Code of Conduct (the Franchising Code).
Find out more about Franchising Code of Conduct on the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) website.
– Fair trading
Fair trading laws ensure your business operates fairly and competitively and that you inform and protect your customers.
There are a number of things to consider to ensure your business meets fair trading laws. Read about:
- Fair trading laws
- Australian Consumer Law and your business
- Complying with the Competition and Consumer Act
- Australian standards
- Codes of Practice.
