Daliah Saper to Speak at Wilmette Public Library on Trademarks and Copyrights 101
Daliah is looking forward to speaking at Wilmette Public Library on basic trademark and copyright law. The workshop will take place in the Auditorium, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., and will cover the general requirements, protections, and issues pertaining to trademark and copyright law. For more information about the event, please click on the link below:
Saper Law Attorneys Present at the Chicago Creative Expo
On Friday, March 14, Daliah Saper and Shyla Jones presented "Law 101 for the New Business Owner" at the Chicago Creative Expo hosted by the Chicago Cultural Center. The presentation covered a host of startup and business-related topics, including business entity formation, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, contracts, licensing, and other intellectual property issues. Daliah and Shyla also fielded a number of questions from the entrepreneurial audience. It was a great discussion and a fantastic event.
“Bang With Friends” Settlement Provides a Cautionary Trademark Tale for Eager Startups
This March, Daliah Saper attended Austin’s signature South by Southwest festival – the ever-popular and influential set of film, interactive, and music shows and conferences held annually in the blue-dotted Texas state capital. While this year celebrates the festival’s 27th year in business, it also marks the one-year anniversary of SXSW’s legal dispute with the app-maker formerly known as “Bang With Friends.” Just last year, the South by Southwest conference organizers slapped “Bang With Friends” with a cease-and-desist letter for the salacious startup’s unsanctioned use of the “SXSW” mark in its special “Bang With SXSW” edition. Unfortunately for Bang With Continue Reading
Saper Law Attorneys Speak at the Creative Chicago Expo
On March 14th, Saper Law Attorney, Shyla Jones, will present "Law 101 for the New Business Owner" at the Creative Chicago Expo. The presentation will cover how to choose a business entity, the difference between trademarks and copyrights, and important business contracts. For more information, click here.
Contests, Sweepstakes, and Promotions on Social Media
Contests, Sweepstakes, and Promotions on Social Media As part of its advertising law practice, Saper Law counsels a range of clients on how to legally operate sweepstakes and contests. We’ve drafted the Official Rules for promotions involving brands from Samsung to Emerald Nuts to the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Increasingly, these promotions—which used to involve mail-in entry forms and business cards in fish bowls—are being run on online platforms such as Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram. Sweepstakes and other promotional contests are heavily regulated by both state and federal laws. Now, in addition to these government regulations, promotions must comply with Continue Reading
Daliah Talks IP with Blog Talk Radio Host Barry Moltz
On January 31, 2014 Business Insanity Talk Radio hosted by Barry Moltz interviewed Daliah Saper about social media, intellectual property, and online defamation. Daliah also fielded questions about cyber-squatting, domain names, contracts with website developers, employee social media policies, and key provisions in small business contracts. Listen to the full segment by clicking on the link below. (Daliah's segment begins at 25:25) https://www.blogtalkradio.com/smallbusinessunstuck/2014/01/31/258-anthony-smith-ramya-narayanan-mike-trabold-daliah-saper-jay-shek
Daliah Saper to Speak at NamesCon Domain Name Conference
Saper Law is the latest sponsor of NamesCon 2014, the largest conference dedicated exclusively to domain names. NamesCon brings together companies, representatives, and individuals in the domain name industry, especially registries and registrars. Daliah Saper will be a featured speaker discussing new developments occurring in the internet domain name space. She will also relate Saper Law case examples involving domain name disputes. You can read about some of the upcoming domain name changes in our previous post about the ICANN conference. Saper Law is dedicated to staying on top of the latest rules, regulations and trends as they relate to domain names so contact Saper Law to learn Continue Reading
Chicago-SunTimes Interviews Daliah Saper for its ‘Minority Report’
The Chicago Sun-Times interviewed Daliah Saper for its "Minority Report" series, a web-based video blog featuring diverse leaders and entrepreneurs in Chicago. Click here to watch host Micaela Brown ask Daliah about starting Saper Law Offices, the practice of law and serving the entrepreneurial community.
Domain Names, Trademarks & Cyber-grabs at ICANN Conference– Saper Law To Serve as Trademark Clearinghouse Agent
Always on the “cutting edge” of Internet and Intellectual Property Law, attorneys from Saper Law attended this year’s international ICANN conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ICANN (which stands for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) is the international organization that is responsible for making rules surrounding internet domain names – for example, “www.saperlaw.com” is a domain name. ICANN created and promulgates the rules for the private domain registrar market (the companies who assign domain names for a fee). In addition, ICANN sets forth a uniform policy to resolve conflicts that arise over the ownership of disputed domain Continue Reading
RSVP for the 6th Annual Designer Roundtable at Saper Law
Continuing its tradition of supporting designers and entrepreneurs, Saper Law Offices will hold its Sixth Annual Designer Roudtable event on Thursday, December 19. Attendees are invited to bring their unique pieces, their pocketbooks, or just themselves, to “shop, sell, and share.” You can read about the first roundtable event here. The roundtable discussion format focuses on a variety of business issues, both legal and operational. Daliah Saper, Principal Attorney at Saper Law and a Chicago Fashion Foundation Board Member, will serve as the moderator and discussion leader for a number of key subjects, answering questions about: business incorporation, the hiring of Continue Reading