Matt Kellogg

Matt Kellogg is an associate in the firm’s San Francisco office.  His practice focuses on intellectual property litigation and counseling, with an emphasis on technology- and Internet-related copyright and trademark disputes.

Representative Matters

• Advise several leading technology companies on the application of U.S. and international copyright law to cloud computing services.
• Represent clients in the technology, retail, and manufacturing industries, among others, in matters concerning copyright and trademark licensing, clearance, and enforcement as well as online privacy.
• Represent apparel company in trademark infringement litigation.
• Submitted comments to the U.S. Copyright Office on behalf of clients regarding resale royalties for visual art and mass digitization of orphan works.
• Represent enterprise software company in patent litigation concerning e-procurement technology.
• Represented personal care products company in consumer class actions concerning unfair competition and false advertising claims.
• Represented recording company in contractual dispute regarding digital music distribution royalties.

Previous Experience

• Google, Manager, Internal Communications (2006-2008)
• Random House Publishing Group, Assistant Editor (2004-2006)

Pro Bono

• Counseled nonprofit health-guide publisher on copyright and online distribution policies.
• Advised art museum on copyright licensing issues.

Publications and Speeches

• "Digital First Sale," Washington State Bar Association Annual Intellectual Property Institute (March 2013)
• "Bad Faith and Fair Use," Journal of the Copyright Society of the USA (2013), Co-Author
• "The Problem of Fictional Facts: Idea, Expression, and Copyright’s Balance Between Author Incentive and Public Interest," Journal of the Copyright Society of the USA (2011), Author