IP Law Blog

It's with mixed emotions that we wish Matthew Massari farewell.  Matt is joining our client Nike's legal department in Portland, Oregon.    A recent story by Bob Shallit tells the story well.

Sacramento attorney Matt Massari has just nabbed his "dream job" – with Nike Inc. in Beaverton, Ore. A former football All-American at UC Davis, Massari went to the University of Oregon for law school and did an internship there with Nike. The company's campus was "magical," he says. The focus on sports is right up his alley.

He continued doing some outside legal work for Nike in associate stints at Downey Brand and Weintraub Genshlea Chediak Tobin & Tobin. Recently he got a call from Nike, asking him to join the company's two-dozen-member in-house legal team.

Massari is getting good wishes from Scott Hervey, the Weintraub attorney who supervised him here. But Hervey jokes that he's a little tired of having top talent lured away. Another associate ended up with a studio job with Paramount.  "If you want a real cool in-house job with a great company," Hervey says ruefully, "come work for me."

Scott Hervey was quoted in a news article about his client, artist David Garibaldi, and the launch of his new clothing line.

Following up on his quote that he hoped for good sales of David's product, we are happy to report that initial sales have be far in excess of original expectations.  Congratulations to David and his entire team.

Answer - a trademark dispute.

The on-line entertainment news site, TMZ.com, reported on a brewing dispute between World Wrestling Entertainment and Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling  television program which airs on CMT.  IP Law Bloger Scott Hervey is counsel for the program. 

 Click this link to the TMZ news posting:  >>>>To TMZ Posting on WWE/CCW Article<<<<

Shameless Promotion: IP Law Blogger and WGC partner, Scott Hervey, served as production counsel for Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling.  Be sure to tune in October 18th.

Go to www.hulkhogan.com to view the show's trailer.

IP Law Blogger and WGC partner Scott Hervey is quoted in an August 25, 2008 AdWeek article entitled Brand Defense - Protecting Trademarks and Copyrights.  

"The courts are all over the place right now on [keyword search terms]," says Scott Hervey, trademark group chair at Weintraub Genshlea Chediak Tobin & Tobin in Sacramento, Calif. Hervey represents Hulk and Brooke Hogan on IP issues. "There hasn't been a uniform rule yet on what is applicable, even with regard to Google."

For the complete article, please follow this link:  To AdWeek Article

Scott Hervey was quoted in a March 23, 2007 story on Internetnews.com about Oracle accusing SAP of "Massive" Theft in a complaint filed with California's Northern District Court in San Francisco.  Oracle accused the German software company of engaging in "systematic, illegal access" to its computer support systems  in November and December 2006 and January 2007. 

For the complete article, click here. 

Scott Hervey was quoted in a June 20, 2006 edition of Lawyers USA in an article about the MLB filing a federal lawsuit against a fantasy baseball league operator to determine who has the right to use the baseball statistics for commercial purposes.   Scott was quoted as saying "the statutory right of publicity is the hook on which Major League Baseball can hang this case."

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Scott Hervey was quoted in a December 8, 2004 story in Wired news about EBay removed a modified U2 iPod from its auctions Monday after Apple Computer complained of copyright violations.  

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Scott Hervey was quoted in a May 26, 2003 article in the Boston Globe about universities proposing digital music services for their students to curtail online piracy.

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Scott Hervey was quoted in a May 1, 2003 story in Wired news about the Courts crack down on illegal music traders.  Scott was quoted as saying "The RIAA has no choice but to go after individuals" and that  "[the RIAA is] going to have to sue users and instill fear in the users."

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