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Intellectual Property Law
Saper Law’s attorneys can help you register, protect, license, and enforce your business’s intellectual property rights. Specifically, we handle a high volume of trademark, copyright and domain name registrations, appeals, and licensing negotiations. We have extensive experience with the administrative procedures of the USPTO and Copyright Office, as well as bringing forth and defending against IP litigation in the areas of trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and lawsuits involving peer-to-peer networks and bittorrent protocol.
Do you need help protecting your book, music, software or some other written work? Saper Law has dealt with a wide range of copyright issues involving software, films, digital music, photography, jewelry, publishing, children’s books, graphic design, and more.
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Learn more about our Copyright Law services here.
A domain name is a valuable, sometimes vital business asset. For businesses, a domain name can be the focal point of their commercial enterprise. Unfortunately, often someone else already owns the domain name featuring a company’s name. Worse, they sometimes hold it hostage for extravagant amounts of money.
Saper Law can help you evaluate your options and secure the domain name you need.
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Learn more about our domain name services here.
Do you need help trademarking a product or logo, or protecting or enforcing an existing trademark?
Saper Law has experience dealing with all stages of trademark selection, registration, protection, licensing and enforcement.
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Learn more about our Trademark Law services here.
A trade secret is a private piece of information that gives its owner a competitive edge, such as a recipe or a piece of computer code. Business's successes can depend on how well their trade secrets are protected and kept confidential from competitors.
Saper Law can help you understand and navigate trade secret laws to make sure your secrets are safe.
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Learn more about our trade secret services here.
Social Media Law
Saper Law’s attorneys have extensive experience counseling clients and business owners on how to navigate the uncertain waters of traditional and digital advertising, social media marketing, legally operating sweepstakes and contests, and building and defending an online reputation.
Additionally, if you are being threatened with a lawsuit for traditional or online defamation (libel or slander), or if you are a victim of defamation, Saper law can help.
When it comes to effective marketing and advertising, it’s not just what you say, but how you say it that attracts customers and generates business. Sometimes, unfortunately, your company’s creative advertising can invite unfair competition lawsuits from competitors, right of publicity or defamation lawsuits from individuals featured in the ads, enforcement and administrative actions by regulators for failure to comply with a myriad of federal and state laws, or copyright infringement suits for content you didn’t obtain full authorization to use.
Saper Law can provide your business with an in-depth advertising copy review to mitigate legal risks associated with your marketing materials.
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Many people feel anonymous when they write something on a website, blog, or message board. This feeling of anonymity sometimes leads people to post defamatory false statements in an effort to discredit another individual or harm their reputation. At the same time, opinions, even if they reflect negatively on someone, are protected by the First Amendment and may not be defamatory.
The line between defamation (both written, libel; and spoken, slander) and negative but non-defamatory statements is often blurred. Saper Law attorneys have experience dealing with all forms of defamation and have successfully defended against and brought forth defamation lawsuits, including revenge porn litigation. Saper Law can also help you create an online reputation management plan.
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False advertising laws are designed to protect consumers so that no business may make false, misleading, or deceptive claims about a product’s price, quality or purpose. But even the most diligent business owners can have a hard time understanding and complying with the various laws and guidelines.
Saper Law can help by providing in-depth advertising reviews for FTC, FCC, and state and local consumer protection compliance.
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A sponsorship or advertisement agreement governs the terms of the relationship between a individual or business that wants to promote a specific product or service, and the company or individual that is hired to increase exposure for that product or service.
Similarly, influencer agreements are used when a company hires a person who has a large audience across various social media outlets--an "influencer"--to promote and generate awareness of a company, brand, or product through experiential advertising.
Both types of agreements require the parties to consider what the message will be, how the message will be delivered, and to whom. Saper law can help you create, negotiate, and enforce these agreements.
Click here to learn more about sponsorship & advertisement agreements and our related services; click here for more on influencer agreements.
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Interested in using a give-away or enter-to-win sweepstakes to attract new customers or generate buzz about a product launch? Sweepstakes and other promotional contests are heavily regulated by both state and federal laws. Now, in addition to these government regulations, promotions run online must comply with the Terms of Service of the platforms on which they’re hosted.
We can help. Saper Law counsels a range of clients on how to legally operate sweepstakes and contests.
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Business Law
Saper Law’s corporate transactional practice assists clients with business incorporation, restructuring, contract drafting and negotiation. In addition, we have been recognized as one of the top 12 start-up attorneys in Chicago for our work assisting new and small businesses with founder’s agreements, online terms of use, privacy policies, influencer agreements and various land and employment-related agreements.
Contracts are involved in nearly every business transaction regardless of industry, from software and technology to restaurants and hospitality. Our attorneys understand the intricacies of balancing business and legal issues, and keep that balance in mind when helping clients draft and negotiate various contracts.
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If you are a business owner, your success and livelihood can depend on how well your rights are protected in your business agreements. Saper Law provides business owners with conscientious and thorough legal counsel before they share proprietary information with employees or prospective business partners, or enter into agreements with vendors, licensors or other businesses.
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From deciding between a LLP or a LLC to negotiating mergers and acquisitions, Saper Law has experience dealing with business formation issues for a wide range of clients. We can also assist in drafting and negotiating business agreements such as operating agreements, articles of incorporation, residential leases, and asset purchase agreements. Lastly, depending on your business needs, Saper Law can serve as general counsel or counsel on retainer.
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The Chicago Department of Administrative Hearings now requires that an attorney must represent all businesses at administrative proceedings, including ordinance citation hearings. Click here to read more.
Saper Law attorneys deal with a wide variety of ordinance violations and have represented many new or small businesses that are unaccustomed to legal proceedings. Our team will walk you through the process and help you present your case in the best way possible.
Click here to learn more about ordinance violations and hearings. If you received an ordinance violation citation, call us at (312) 527-4100 or click here to schedule a consultation.
Entertainment Law
Saper Law has experience helping visual artists ranging from sculptors to graffiti artists protect their work by guiding them through copyright registration, licensing, drafting work-made-for hire contracts and securing moral rights protections. Additionally, we counsel and negotiate agreements with galleries, museums, expositions and traveling exhibitions on behalf of our clients.
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If you are a designer, manufacturer, retailer or other fashion professional and are having a contract or licensing issue with another business or regulatory authority, you need representation from attorneys who are familiar with the complexities of your industry.
Read more about our fashion services here, or click here to schedule a consultation.
If you are a photographer, filmmaker, producer, or other film/television professional and are having issues with contracts, artists, privacy laws, or intellectual property protection, you need advice and representation from attorneys who are familiar with the complexities of your industry.
Read more about our film, photography and television services here, or click here to schedule a consultation.
If you are an performer, producer, songwriter or some other music industry professional having a contract or licensing issue with another artist, business or regulatory authority, you need representation from attorneys who are familiar with the complexities of the music world. At Saper Law, we provide services to music industry professionals in the fields of intellectual property, contract law, and internet law; we also represent individuals who are being sued by the Recording Industry Association of America.
Read more about our music industry services here. Click here for information on music licensing and usage clearance.
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Whether weighing the pros and cons of self-publishing, drafting and negotiating publishing agreements, dealing with distributors, registering your work with the U.S. Copyright Office, or anything else related to print and publishing, Saper Law is here to help. Our attorneys' familiarity with the publishing industry allows us to offer nuanced counsel and assistance with publishing legal issues large and small.
Read more about our Print & Publishing services here, or click here to begin the process of copyrighting your work.
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When an individual provides his or her creative services (such as a musician, a model, or a DJ), there should be an agreement spelling out the terms and conditions for providing those services. These agreements, typically called "host" or "talent" agreements, create limited commercial relationships between the creative professional and the hiring party that defines the role, scope, and expectations of all involved.
Many creative individuals want to focus on their craft, so they often employ agents and managers to handle the the these and other business dealings. Agents and managers find employment opportunities for artists and manage finances, administrative tasks, career decisions, and professional relationships. Contracts between managers/agents and talent are critical, as they detail the nature and scope of the relationship between the parties. For talent, having the right contract in place is just as important as having a reliable agent or manager.
Saper Law attorneys are familiar with the legal complexities faced by talent; we regularly draft both talent agreements and representation/management agreements. We also provide experienced counsel when conflicts over such agreements arise.
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Theater as an art form may be ancient, but the laws that affect it change regularly and can be difficult for even experienced theatrical producers to navigate. Saper Law attorneys can help you understand the legal nuances that surround theatrical production and draft the necessary agreements, from space and talent acquisition to marketing your show.
Read more about our theater services here, or click here to schedule a consultation.
Litigation
Saper Law attorneys have a winning record in both State and Federal courts. Whether the lawsuit concerns Intellectual Property Law (Trademarks and Copyrights), Social Media & Internet Law, Defamation Law, Business Law or Entertainment Law, our extensive experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants helps us anticipate the arguments of opposing counsel and present our clients’ cases as vigorously as possible.
If you decide you need to take legal action, or another party takes legal action against you, Saper Law can help you successfully navigate the complex arena of litigation.
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