Dynamic Export

For all of us used to Incoterms 2000 we need to be aware that the new version Incoterms 2010, released last month by the International Chamber of Commerce, will start on 1 January 2011. Incoterms (short for ‘International Commercial Terms’ ) have been a boon to international trade in goods by simplifying and clarifying which [...]

India is now officially Australia’s third largest trading partner. With a population in excess of 1.3 billion and a growing and increasingly confident affluent middle class of between 300-400 million people, India is proving to have an insatiable appetite for all things western. Fortunately, now more than ever Australian businesses are looking to break out [...]

Protecting your brand or trade name is now more important than ever. Registration of a domain name, as with the registration of a business name or company names, does not give a right to use that name with impunity. As shocking as that may sound, even a natural person has no absolute right to use [...]

Any successful business strategy needs an exit plan, every contract needs to address the issue of ‘What do we do if one of us breaches the contract?’ All contracts, but most importantly where the parties are in different countries, should address four important issues: the place where disputes are to be decided; the courts of [...]

Fifth in our series on ‘The True Cost of Exporting’ is the cost of protecting your intellectual property and how to avoid paying more than you need to.