Episode 140 – Coffee N5 – Counsel and Coffee: The Perfect Partnership Blend with Katie Staba
Discover the dynamic intersection of law, marketing, and society on Coffee N° 5 with your host Lara Schmoisman, and legal guru Katie Staba. Dive into the ever-evolving landscape of legal trends while uncovering the vital role of contracts in business relationships. Explore trademark navigation, and gain expert insights into selecting the perfect partnership. Learn how to collaborate with entrepreneurs effectively and build success through open communication. Join these legal and marketing experts for invaluable lessons that could shape your journey. Don’t miss this enlightening episode!
We’ll talk about:
- The influence of law on marketing, business, and society
- Trends in law
- Contractual law and the importance of forward-thinking when drafting and entering a contract
- How to navigate trademarks
- What to look for when choosing a new business relationship (a partnership is a relationship too)
- How to team up with entrepreneurs and build a successful partnership based on open communication
- Valuable lessons learned from these two legal and marketing
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About Katie Staba
Katherine Staba is a partner in the technology transactions and data protection practice group in the Chicago office. Her practice focuses on complex global transactions and counseling relating to digital media planning and buying, advertising, and marketing, claim substantiation, software licensing, and intellectual property issues in mergers, acquisitions, and investments, unfair competition and trade secrets, and competitive intelligence. Katherine’s recent experience includes assisting businesses with agreements and engagements related to cloud services, mobile applications, and artificial intelligence products.
Katherine’s clients span multiple industries including beauty products, home products, sports organizations, media platforms, cloud computing providers, luxury goods, clothing retailers, consumer electronics, and pharmaceutical products. For these clients, Katherine leverages her in-house experience to offer practical, business-sensitive guidance and representation.
Katherine’s recent representations include (a) advising consumer product brands on influencer engagements; (b) negotiating technology and joint development agreements related to health-related products and pharmaceuticals; (c) counseling and negotiating agreements related to the application of artificial intellectual and machine learning to consumer interactions; and (d) drafting transactional consumer documents for a leading fashion retailer.
In addition to her counseling practice, Katherine’s experience includes litigation of cases involving patents, copyrights, trademarks, licenses, and trade secrets in both trial courts and appellate courts.
