IP Exclusion Bars Coverage For Misappropriation Of Likeness Claim, Panel Affirms

(October 6, 2023, 1:59 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A California appeals panel on Oct. 5 affirmed a lower court’s summary judgment ruling in favor of a commercial general liability insurer in its declaratory judgment lawsuit disputing coverage for a lawsuit brought against its insured, finding that the policy’s intellectual property exclusion bars coverage for the underlying misappropriation of likeness claim....