Legal issues


Intellectual Property Law
  • Most businesses rely on New products, Bright idea & Design.
  • Protects a businesses ideas and brand so it cant be exploited by other people.
  • 4 ideas in trade law: 
  1. Copyright: Can be used for websites, maps, documents & photos —> automatically copyright and free. Lasts for 70 years after a persons lifetime. If you pay someone else to create something for your business, they'll have the copyrights —> they can make all the money for this product unless there is a written contract stating otherwise.  
  2. Trademarks: Used by businesses to protect their brands. Trademark can be registered across the UK, Europe  or a further field. Could be applied to a name, a logo or both. Can be a valuable asset to a business in a long term. Needs renewing every 10 years.
  3. Design rights: If people buy things duet their appearance, then the business needs to consider design rights. Registered design rights are relatively cheap and cover the UK and abroad. Unregistered design rights are free and automatic. 
  4. Patents: If you invent a new product, you should consider patents. Can last up to 20 years. Unlike design rights, can be expensive, difficult & complicated so professional help is advised.

 Data Protection Act (DPA)
  • UK Law 
  • Every week every person (on average) has about 4,000 pieces of info stored in about 1,000 different databases online.
  • Not only the law, but also morally and ethically right.
  • Have to obey by 8 principles:
1.   Requires UK businesses must process info fairly & securely in the  UK.
2.   Requires customers consent.
3.   Should only be ket for the reason it was collected for.
4.   Always needs to be updated and kept in order.
  1. Should only be kept for as long as needed.
  2. Data needs to be made available to the customer.
  3. Should be processed securely (and only within UK).
  4. Should be processed securely.

Copyright, Design & Patents act (1988)
  • As consumers, we have access to: games, movies, music, etc.
  • Media is governed by UK copyright law.

Libel
  • A false statement or misrepresentation that can harm or affect a persons reputation.
  • E.g. Katy Hopkins was sued for tweeting false information of someone claiming they vandalised the graves of soldiers. 

Slander
  • A false spoken statement that is detrimental to a persons reputation.

Human Rights Act (2014)
  • Values that keep a society fair, save and equal.
  • Before the HR Act existed, these rights weren't in place.
  • Overtime people began to fight for their rights so reigning kings and queens were eliminated, however, dictators came in place. 
  • After WW2 a conference was held and these rights were put in place to prevent anything like that to ever occur again.
  • The public body (e.g. schools, hospitals, etc.) are obligated to protect our human rights.
  • Everyone has a right to:
  1. A right to liberty
  2. A right to life
  3. A right to freedom of speech


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