Outlier Magazine Interviews Daliah Saper about Key Legal Considerations When Doing Business Online

Outlier Magazine recently interviewed Saper Law Offices' Principal Attorney, Daliah Saper, about key legal considerations when doing business online.   Among the topics covered during the interview include the day-to-day challenges of running your own business,  trademarks, trade dress, startups, branding, copyrights, contests & sweepstakes, and how Daliah balances and/or intermingles business with pleasure.   For the entire podcast interview, click on the link below:

Daliah Serves as Legal Expert for Business Insanity Talk Radio

Daliah Saper talks to Business Insanity Talk Radio host Barry Moltz about the common mistakes and best practices for small businesses pursuing domain names. A replay of the show can be heard in the link below: https://www.blogtalkradio.com/smallbusinessunstuck/2014/04/22/270-mike-agron-andy-core-sonia-kanner-tatiana-pages-and-daliah-saper

Daliah to Serve as Mentor for Lean Startup Machine Chicago

Daliah will serve as a mentor for a team at Lean Startup Machine Chicago, taking place on June 20-22. Lean Startup Machine is an "intensive three-day workshop which teaches entrepreneurs and innovators how to build disruptive products."   Screened participants pitch their ideas, attendees organize into teams, and the teams develops hypothetical problems and solutions for the core business. 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

Chris McElwain presents at the 9th Annual Entrepreneurship Conference hosted by Northwestern Law

Saper Law Associate ,Chris McElwain,  spoke on a panel last weekend at the 9th Annual Entrepreneurship Law Conference, hosted by Northwestern University School of Law's Entrepreneurship Law Center. The panel, titled "Legal Tips for Starting a Business," discussed some of the most common legal pitfalls new businesses stumble into, from failing to have an agreement in place between the founding partners to neglecting the protection of their intellectual property, and fielded questions from members of Chicago's thriving start-up community on how to make smart legal choices on a budget.

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

Join Saper Law at Tech Cocktail Mixer & Startup Showcase

On February 6, 2014, Saper Law will once again be sponsoring Tech Cocktail. Saper Law is honored to serve as Tech Cocktail’s legal counsel and will be greeting visitors at its booth. Come by and say hi! TIME (Thursday) 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm LOCATION 1871, 222 W. Merchandise Mart Plaza #1212, Chicago, IL 60654 Learn More about this event. ORGANIZER Tech Cocktail - See more at: https://saperlaw.com/events-seminars/#sthash.13POHAjG.dpuf

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