Schneider Rothman Intellectual Property Law Group

Schneider Rothman Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC ("SRIPLAW")

Firm overview. SRIPLAW is a small Florida IP boutique founded on January 1, 2013 by Jerold I. Schneider and Joel B. Rothman, with its principal office at 4651 N. Federal Highway, Boca Raton, FL (Palm Beach County), a second Boca Raton address on Powerline Road, and a New York City office at 125 Maiden Lane per federal court filings. Both founders are Board Certified in Intellectual Property by the Florida Bar; Schneider (B.S.E.E., NJIT; J.D., George Washington) holds an AV Martindale-Hubbell rating and reports involvement in 200+ IP lawsuits and 1,000+ patents/trademarks. The firm does not appear in AmLaw or Chambers rankings in any source reviewed; it is best characterized as a regional IP litigation and prosecution boutique rather than BigLaw.

Specialty and side preference. The firm's tracked docket is dominated by enforcement litigation for patent owners: 2 of 3 tracked appearances are plaintiff-side (VPR Brands v. Jupiter Research and VPR Brands v. HQDTech USA), with one defendant-side entry for Rothman in the HQDTech matter that appears to reflect a counterclaim or procedural posture. The core technology concentration is consumer-electronics/mechanical patent enforcement — specifically U.S. Patent 8,205,622 covering "auto-draw," buttonless airflow-sensor e-cigarette and vaporizer technology, which the firm has enforced in a multi-suit campaign for VPR Brands, an IP holding company (classified as an NPE by public docket trackers). Beyond the tracked cases, the firm's practice spans design patents (Voltstar Technologies v. Amazon and v. Gillette over chargers), copyright litigation for photographers and artists, and trade-secret/trademark work, with litigation experience cited in electronic, chemical, and mechanical technologies.

Notable cases and outcomes. In VPR Brands v. Jupiter Research (D. Ariz., 2:20-cv-02185), the PTAB denied institution of Jupiter's IPR (IPR2022-00299) in July 2022, upholding the validity of the '622 patent and clearing the way for the Arizona infringement suit. In VPR Brands v. HQDTech USA LLC et al. (S.D. Fla., 1:21-cv-21678), the firm obtained settlements from both defendants totaling more than $275,000 (announced December 2021), followed by dismissal with prejudice. Related VPR settlements in the same campaign (NEPA $275K; PHD $85K; XL/VGOD/Saltnic $155K) were also credited to the Rothman-led SRIPLAW team in company press releases. The firm has also been active in copyright matters against Getty Images, Yankee Candle, and Bed Bath & Beyond on behalf of a Russian painter's agency, and obtained a settlement in a "Jumble" word-game patent case against a major media company.

PTAB/IPR practice and key partners. The firm has a credible patent-owner defense practice before the PTAB: in addition to defeating institution in IPR2022-00299, Rothman appeared as back-up counsel for patent owner Volstar Technologies in IPR2017-00067, and Schneider served as lead counsel for patent owners in CBM2015-00105 and CBM2015-00106 (covered business method reviews). No public source quantifies the firm's total PTAB volume, but the identified matters are all patent-owner defenses rather than petitioner filings. Key litigators are co-founders Joel B. Rothman (Managing Partner; Cardozo J.D. 1991; former Bronx ADA; admitted NY, FL, GA; former Chair of the Florida Bar's IP Committee) and Jerold I. Schneider; associate Evan M. Rappaport also served as lead counsel on the plaintiff side of the HQDTech matter per the tracked case data.