MAXCONN INC. v. TRUCK INS. EXCHANGE

No. H018151.

88 Cal.Rptr.2d 750 (1999)

74 Cal.App.4th 1267

MAXCONN INCORPORATED, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. TRUCK INSURANCE EXCHANGE, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Sixth District.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing October 15, 1999.

Review Denied December 15, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Goldsberry, Freeman & Swanson, Sacramento, Palmer J. Swanson, for Defendant and Appellant.

Mount & Stoelker, Daniel S. Mount, Alfredo A. Bismonte, San Jose, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


BAMATTRE-MANOUKIAN, Acting P.J.

In this case, we decide whether patent infringement may be considered advertising injury under a commercial general liability (CGL) policy that defines advertising injury as "[i]nfringement of copyright, title or slogan." We conclude that the term infringement of title is a reference to any infringement of a legally protected name, appellation or designation. Hence, patent infringement does not constitute advertising injury as...

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