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On 25/10/06 13:32:35, Robin Cornelius wrote:
On 10/25/06, David Johnson <dj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > If you're a sole trader, your name is your business name. JodSoft> is simply a trading name of 'Jody Salt' which is the legal name of > your business>
That is true for certain parts of law but not all.
> JodSoft is not a legal entity. > This voids my point then, so it only applies to a registered business eg a ltd company.
IMHO, no, it applies to any identifiable person or body.
At what point then does a business become a entity in law.
Which part of law? :-)A business becomes a body corporate when it is registered as a company - Company Law and Tax Law. (IIRC also employment law). A title becomes a legal instrument for copyright (and patents) as soon as a document is published (or with a patent 'filed') under that title.
It is then up to the person to be able to prove that this title applies uniquely to them.
Is there really any difference between a sole traders "business" and a unlimited company?
Depends. :-) Which area of law? -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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