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Insurer Had No Duty to Defend or Indemnify Trademark Infringement Claim Because It Fell Within the Scope of an Intellectual Property Exclusion
Posted on 26 Aug 2014 by Troutman Sanders

North Coast Med., Inc. v. Hartford Fire Ins. Co. , 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20701 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 17, 2014), [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers ]. In North Coast Medical , the district court held that the insurer had no duty to defend... Read More

Prior Publication Exclusion Eliminates Coverage Under a General Liability Policy’s Advertising Injury Coverage for Trademark Infringement Claim
Posted on 3 Jun 2015 by Troutman Sanders

Street Surfing, LLC v. Great American E&S Ins. Co., 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 21804 (9th Cir. Nov. 14, 2014) , [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers ]. In Street Surfing , the Ninth Circuit affirmed the District Court’s ruling... Read More

Insurance 101—Insights for Young Lawyers: Advertising Injury Coverage for Claims of Intellectual Property Infringement and Related Unfair Competition
Posted on 21 Jan 2011 by LexisNexis Insurance Law Newsroom Staff

By Richard Porotsky, Partner, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP In his article appearing in the November/December 2010 issue of Coverage , Insurance 101—Insights for Young Lawyers: Advertising Injury Coverage for Claims of Intellectual Property Infringement... Read More

California Supreme Court Refines the Tort of Commercial Disparagement
Posted on 12 Aug 2014 by Tyler C. Gerking

The California Supreme Court has issued its decision in the closely watched case of Hartford Casualty Insurance v. Swift Distribution, Inc. , S207172. I reported on the Court of Appeals decision last year on this blog in the post "California Supreme... Read More

Insurance 101—Insights for Young Lawyers: Advertising Injury Coverage for Claims of Intellectual Property Infringement and Related Unfair Competition
Posted on 21 Jan 2011 by LexisNexis Insurance Law Newsroom Staff

By Richard Porotsky, Partner, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP In his article appearing in the November/December 2010 issue of Coverage , Insurance 101—Insights for Young Lawyers: Advertising Injury Coverage for Claims of Intellectual Property Infringement... Read More