Intellectual Property Exclusion Bars Coverage For Trademark Dispute, Judge Says

Mealey's (October 5, 2017, 12:57 PM EDT) -- TAMPA, Fla. — A Florida federal judge on Oct. 4 entered judgment in favor of an insurer in a “personal and advertising injury” coverage dispute, finding that the policy’s intellectual property exclusion bars coverage because all of the underlying causes of action were dependent on the insured’s infringement of a trademark (Land's End at Sunset Beach Community Association, Inc. v. Aspen Specialty Insurance Co., No. 17-1740, M.D. Fla., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 163457)....