legal issues

star wars copy right 

George lucas and the star wars company tired to sew andrew for making and selling storm troopers helmets this all happened because there was a implied contract the case went on 5 years and andrew lost 700 k. a pre contract should of been agreed in pre production. lucas wanted to sew 20 million ! andrew won the casein the supreme court

intellectual property law  

most bissiness relief on bright ideas weather its a new product brand or designs 

4 areas on the "Ip" law

 trade marks 

copy right 

design rights 

patents

trade marks - used by business to protect there brands . you can uses it in any countryes. you can apply a trade mark to a nis ame to a logo or both . they only need renewing every ten years 

copy right - automaticly exists in images documents and websites  . they last for 70 years after your death !!

if someone else makes something for you they own the copy right unleit ss it says in a contract 

design rights -  if someone buys your clothes or anything like that even if you done register your design you sometimes get desighs right which are free  

patents -  last for up to 20 years it can be complicated and expensive , it can be seen as proper professional good investment for the business seek good advice !

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data protection act 

DPA - uk law which says that all business operation in the uk must follow these 8 principels 

customer data is the life blood of business these days . data needs to be collected safely and securely 

8 princilples - 

1) consent 

2)should only be kept for reason it was stored 

3)should be kept accurate 

4) should be kept update to date 

5)kept for long as needed for 

6) should be made available to us 

7) processed securely and in the uk .  

   copyright design and patent 1988

content can be shaped and conducted in many different ways . it is illegal to download movies for free etc etc such as music