Intellectual Property Exclusion Bars Coverage For Suit Against Fashion Designer

Mealey's (February 10, 2020, 1:53 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 7 affirmed a lower federal court’s ruling that a commercial general liability insurance policy intellectual property exclusion relieves the insurer from its duty to defend an underlying lawsuit against its fashion designer insured (Nanette Lepore, et al. v. Hartford Fire Insurance Company, No. 19-778, 2nd Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 3830)....