VHT, the real estate photo giant, filed suit for copyright infringement against Zillow Group in July 2015 alleging that Zillow had been stealing tens of thousands of VHT’s photos and illegally using them for its own profit and gain on the Zillow Digs website.

If you find it on the internet than it must be free.  How wrong is that! It's about time that photographers get the respect they deserve and their photographs receive the value that they deserve.

Our firm represents many real estate and architectural photographers. Our experience suggests that the unique challenges facing real estate photographers are not currently being addressed by the different photography associations.  

On February 5, 2014, Iran Watson brought a claim against Kappa Map Group, LLC in federal court for copyright infringement for the unlicensed use of one of Watson’s photographs on the cover of an Atlanta Street Atlas published by Kappa.

The National Association of Realtors has made some important revisions to its Handbook on Multiple Listing Policy.  These changes clarify NAR's MLS policies to highlight the importance of licensing.

SRIPLAW opened for business in Boca Raton, Florida on January 1, 2013.  We started the firm in order to work with clients that we felt had strong claims but could not get quality representation elsewhere.  

This is the first in a series of articles discussing the defense of computer code copyright infringement cases.  As I write this I am thinking about the many cases filed by serial plaintiff Live Face on Web, LLC also known as LFOW.  

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?