Wisconsin Panel Affirms Insurer Has No Duty To Defend Against Trademark Claims

(February 25, 2020, 12:31 PM EST) -- MILWAUKEE — A Wisconsin appeals panel on Feb. 25 affirmed a lower court’s ruling that an errors and omissions insurer has no duty defend its insured against an underlying trademark infringement lawsuit, finding that the insured’s conduct “falls squarely” under the policy’s “known loss” exclusion (Vistelar, LLC V. Cincinnati Specialty Underwriters Insurance Company, No. 2019AP633, Wis. App., Dist. 1, 2020 Wisc. App. LEXIS 76)....