In a dispute over whether plaintiff’s insurer had a duty to defend and indemnify plaintiff in a trademark infringement action under an “advertising injury” policy, summary judgment for insurance company is affirmed as the prior publication exclusion in the policy bars coverage for trademark infringement in this case. 

Read Kim Seng Co. v. Great Am. Ins. Co. of New York, No. B208699 [HTML]

Read Kim Seng Co. v. Great Am. Ins. Co. of New York, No. B208699 [PDF]

Filed November 13, 2009

Judges

Opinion by Judge Mosk

Counsel

For Appellant:  Law Offices of Mark L. Sutton, Mark L. Sutton

For Appellee:  Musick, Peeler & Garrett, Cheryl A. Orr, David A. Tartaglio; Bates & Carey, Richard H. Nicolaides, Jr., Jonathan T. Viner, Daniel I. Graham, Jr., and Agelo L. Reppas

You Don’t Have To Solve This on Your Own – Get a Lawyer’s Help

Civil Rights

Block on Trump’s Asylum Ban Upheld by Supreme Court

Criminal

Judges Can Release Secret Grand Jury Records

Politicians Can’t Block Voters on Facebook, Court Rules