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Intellectual Property

Feb. 18, 2000

Passing Off

Inducement to infringe a patent is not covered by advertising-injury policies.

By Susan M. Popik
        There is no potential coverage for inducement of patent infringement under the "advertising-injury" provisions of a general-liability policy. Mez Industries Inc. v. Pacific National Ins. Co., 76 Cal.App.4th 856 (1999) (petition for review filed Dec. 31, 1999). Acknowledging the long line of cases holding that patent infringement itself is not a covered adver...

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