Judge: Advertising Injury Exclusion Bars Coverage For Trademark Infringement Suit

Mealey's (July 12, 2019, 11:49 AM EDT) -- CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A senior federal judge in Virginia on July 8 held that businessowners insurance policies unambiguously exclude coverage for personal and advertising injury and, as result, the insurer has no duty to defend or indemnify its gaming company insured against an underlying trademark and trade dress infringement lawsuit brought by a competitor (Hanover Insurance Co. v. Castle Hill Studios, LLC, et al., No. 18-00072, W.D. Va., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 112150)....