Archive for August, 2009
Workplace Injury Claim
August 24th, 2009 | 
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It’s hardly an ideal situation. Not only have you suffered the physical pain and discomfort of your work related injury but the time you have spent not earning might also be hitting you hard financially. In addition to that, there may be lost future earnings to consider. How will you cope in the years to come?
Worrying times and the financial difficulties of time spent recuperating from a work place accident that was not your fault also carries with it an emotional cost, the worry and the concern. What will my employers think if I make a compensation claim? What will my colleagues think? Will I have a job to return to? How will my injury affect my professional performance and promotion prospects?
Well one issue that you don’t need to concern yourself with is the cost of making a workplace injury claim. Of course, you can employ the services of a traditional personal injury claim lawyer but in doing so you may be putting at risk a large chunk of any settlement fee. If you were unfortunate enough to lose the case things might be even worse as you would have to pay the costs.
Why you should secure the services of a no win, no fee personal injury lawyer. No win, no fee arrangements are also referred to as Conditional Fee Agreements (CFAs). Introduced to England and Wales in 1995 No win, no fee arrangements do exactly what they say on the tin. If you lose you pay nothing. Win and you get to keep 100% of any compensation awarded. Your workplace injury claim solicitor will receive payment to cover their legal fees from the losing side’s insurance company. If the legal fees cannot be recovered in full from your employer, the costs are written off. You are not liable to pay a penny, win or lose.
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Intellectual Property
Intellectual property, like any other form of property, can be bought and sold in a similar fashion.
What is intellectual property?
It includes trade marks, copyright, passing off, counterfeit goods, confidential information and domain names.
There have been many high profile legal battles concerning intellectual property. A recent such battle in Ireland involved Sean Dunne, the property developer and the ownership of the D4Hotels domain name. This involved a legal dispute between Dunne and a former manager as to who was entitled to ownership of the domain name.
The fashion designer, Karen Millen, also brought legal proceedings against Dunnes Stores in relation to the unregistered design of garments that Dunnes were selling in their stores. This was interesting from an intellectual property viewpoint as Karen Millen did not register a trade mark for the design in question. However the court recognised her rights in the unregistered trade mark.
McDonalds are another high profile company who guard their intellectual property rights jealously. And it is important for small business in Ireland to do likewise as for some companies, the only significant asset that they own is their intellectual property rights..whether that is in a trade name, a domain name or copyright.
Important point re Domain names-
It is important to note that whilst the registration of a domain name is a simple enough process, it is prudent for the owner of a domain name to also register it as a trade mark,
Because you can own a domain name but not own the trade mark for that same formation of words.
It covers a wide spectrum of commercial activity. A good working knowledge of this area, and how it impacts upon your small business is a must for any serious small business owner.
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