2020 01/22/2020 Women in Business Luncheon

Women in Business

Lunch and network with Skokie's most successful businesswomen! These monthly presentations will help you build your networking and business skills. Everyone is sure to take back to their business new skills and new connections.

THIS MONTH: "I Don't Have Intellectual Property, Do I?"

Most business value in today’s economy is intangible. At the same time, most business owners do not recognize all the business value they have right at their fingertips. As a result, they may be failing to benefit from it or inadvertently giving it away. Intangible value is difficult to quantify on accounting books, but that does not mean you can’t cash in on it. Quite the contrary! Legal tools are the keys to addressing intangible value, much of which is intellectual property. When it comes to intangible value and intellectual property, do you know what you have? If you think you don’t have any, you might be in for a surprise. Come join us for this conversation about increasing your business value as Jessica L. Oldani of Oldani Entrepreneurial Law, P.C. discusses identifying, capturing, developing and protecting your intellectual property.

Ms. Oldani holds a Juris Doctor (J.D.) and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in International Business and Trade Law from The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, Illinois, with LL.M coursework certificates in International Corporate and Finance Law and International Trade Law. Prior to founding Oldani Entrepreneurial Law, P.C., Ms. Oldani practiced international business and trade law at a boutique Chicago-based firm representing multinational business clients. Years prior, after graduating from Washington University in St. Louis, Ms. Oldani founded and ran her first business, a successful Chicago-area not-for-profit corporation. Ms. Oldani brings real-world operational and bottom-line intelligence to her practice, advising small-to-midmarket businesses on structuring and protecting domestic and international entities, relationships, and transactions. Ms. Oldani represents for-profit and not-for-profit clients in a wide range of industries, and serves as a knowledgeable and trusted advisor, not only for her clients, but also within the local business community. In addition to running her practice, Ms. Oldani serves on the City of Evanston Minority, Women, and Evanston Business Enterprise Development Committee, working to address community and small business development. Ms. Oldani is a member of the American Bar Association’s (“ABA’s) Section of Intellectual Property (“IP”) Law and of the ABA IP Law Section’s Copyright Legislation Committee. Ms. Oldani is a respected speaker on legal issues relevant to entrepreneurs and business leaders.