Alibaba.com is the world's largest online business to business (B2B) marketplace.  If you are a creator, designer, inventor, product marketer, brand builder, or anyone else interested in global commerce or trade in consumer goods, you have probably either purchased from sellers on Alibaba.com,

It seems innocent enough.  Your interior designer client has posted one of your beautiful photographs of her latest installation to her Instagram account.  The photo highlights your client's design of an expansive living room with vaulted ceiling and massive stone fireplace.

It is well understood that architectural plans are protected by copyright.  But what about architectural works "as built?"  Does the architect who retains ownership in his or her work have the right to stop others from copying?

Sadly, it's a recurring nightmare for architects, designers, developers, builders and others working in or servicing the construction industry.  You work hard and prepare a great set of plans and then, surprise, you are told that the project is canceled. 

If a U.S. website is using your images without your permission, the easiest and fastest way to stop infringement is to send the website a “DMCA Takedown Notice” to remove your work from the site.

Taking a patent infringement case on contingency requires skills and experience in many areas, but two are key: determining infringement and analyzing damages.  The investment of time, energy and resources in a contingency case can be substantial.  

On August 20, 2014, our firm filed a lawsuit on our own behalf against Getty Images, Inc.  Why did we do it?  Here is why. On July 1, 2014, our firm received an unsigned letter from Getty Images Inc.

The Supreme Court's decision invalidating a software patent for a process that lessens settlement risk for trades of financial instruments in Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd. v.

Yesterday the Federal Circuit ruled in Oracle's favor that Google committed copyright infringement when it copied Java into the Android operating system.  To read the decision, click here.

Schneider Rothman partner and patent guru Jerold I. Schneider was recently featured on Gene Quinn's well read blog IPWatchdog.com discussing design patent infringement.  In his article, Jerry discusses why design patents have the potential to create value for patentees since the Federal Circuit simplified the standard for proving infringement on the ornamental features of a product in the Egyptian Goddess case.