In today's episode, I am joined by lawyer, eCommerce entrepreneur and Founder of Foundd Legal, Riz McDonald, to talk about how you can legally protect your business online. As a business owner herself, Riz brings first-hand experience, insight and legal know-how to all of the tricky processes and challenges that you can face when running a business.

We chat about...

• How business owners can get started with legally protecting their online businesses (7:35)  
• Why the old ‘copy and paste’ of website terms and conditions should be avoided (12:00)
• The additional factors that health professionals need to consider in order to legally protect their online businesses (13:25)
• The biggest legal risks for online business owners (16:20)
• The difference between trademarking and copyrighting (20:05)
• How to protect your Intellectual Property (30:00)
• What to do if you discover someone has stolen your Intellectual Property (34:45)
• The difference between copying and being ‘inspired by’ someone else’s work (39:10)
• How Foundd Legal’s legal templates can provide your business with affordable legal protection (43:00)
• When a business should consider custom legal services (46:42)
• Riz’s best advice for helping businesses get legally legit (48:00)
• Riz’s free Business Startup Checklist (52:00)

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