· 6/11/2003
Superformance International, Incorporated v. Hartford Casualty Insurance Company
Citations
- 332 F.3d 215
- 67 U.S.P.Q. 2d (BNA) 1040
- 2003 U.S. App. LEXIS 11559
- 2003 WL 21350731
How courts have described this case
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- finding policy did not provide coverage for false advertising claim under the Lanham Act where policy did not explicitly provide coverage and claim could not be read into any covered offense
- no disparagement where complaint alleged trademark infringement and false advertising and insured allegedly passed off its own replicas as genuine articles
- no coverage under intellectual property exclusion for trademark infringement, trademark dilution, and unfair competition claims
- trademark dilution, trade dress infringement and related unfair competition claims were all varieties of trademark claims excluded from coverage as arising out of infringement of trademark
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Judges: Widener, Wilkinson, Niemeyer
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