Publications

February 28, 2008
The Role of Insurance in Trademark and Unfair Competition, ALI-ABA, New Orleans   more>

February 28, 2008
Prospects Brighten in Three Key Jurisdictions for Policyholders in Securing Insurance Coverage for Intellectual Property Lawsuits (CA/OH/TX) ALI-ABA,   more>

January 01, 2008
Intellectual Property Assets: Banking and Due Diligence Handbook, West Services Inc.   more>

January 01, 2008
Recent Case Law Clarifying the Standard for Recovery of Attorney's Fees Incurred in Pursuit of Affirmative Relief for Infringement of Your...   more>

January 01, 2008
California Dreaming: Striking Gold In The Golden State: Expanded Rights Of Recovery In Insurance Coverage Actions, The Licensing Journal   more>

November 01, 2007
The Right To Select Independent Counsel Paid For By The Insurer In Intellectual Property Disputes The Licensing Journal   more>

August 01, 2007
Emerging Issues and Current Laws NBI Presentation at Bad Faith Insurance Claims in California   more>

February 01, 2007
The Proper Definition Of "Advertising" In An "Advertising Injury" Insurance Coverage Case The Licensing Journal   more>

October 01, 2006
The Duty Of Defense Requires Courts To Look Beyond The Merits In Assessing The True Scope Of "Potentiality" The Licensing Journal   more>

August 01, 2006
New Opportunities For CGL Coverage Of Patent Infringement Lawsuits: Assertion Of Patents Rights Implicating Coverage For Defamation And...   more>

June 01, 2006
Proper Definition of "Advertising" in an "Advertising Injury" Coverage Case The Licensing Journal Vol. 26, No. 6   more>

April 01, 2006
Insurers May Owe An Obligated to Defend IP Lawsuits Alleging Wrongful Conduct That is Ongoing From Policy Inception, The Licensing Journal, Vol. 26   more>

February 01, 2006
The Party's Duty To Advise Of Available Insurance Coverage The Licensing Journal Vol. 26, No. 2   more>

January 01, 2006
Insurers May Owe An Obligation To Defend Intellectual Property Lawsuits Alleging Wrongful Conduct That Is Ongoing As Of The Date Of Policy...   more>

November 01, 2005
Insurance Coverage For Business Method Patent Infringement Lawsuits Under Commercial Liability Policies The Licensing Journal, Vol. 25, No. 10   more>

September 01, 2005
Proper Application of the Context Principal in Insurance Coverage Analysis The Licensing Journal Vol. 25, No. 8   more>

August 01, 2005
Games Insurers Play: How Insurers Seek to Limit Policy Benefits They Owe to Their Policyholders, The Licensing Journal, Vol 25, No. 7   more>

May 01, 2005
Notice to the Insurance Brokers of a Lawsuit, Orange County Lawyer, Vol. 47, No. 5   more>

February 01, 2005
Intellectual Property Exclusions and Why They May Not Limit Coverage for Many Intellectual Property Lawsuits, The Licensing Journal, Vol. 25, No. 2   more>

April 01, 2004
Independent Director Exposure To Post Sarbanes-Oxley Claims Requires Revisitation Of Directors & Officers Insurance Coverage, The Licensing Journal...   more>

April 01, 2004
New Opportunities and Ongoing Challenges in Securing Insurance Coverage for Antitrust/Unfair Competition Lawsuits; ABA Section of Antitrust Law...   more>

March 01, 2004
New and Ongoing Challenges in Securing Insurance Coverage for Antitrust/Unfair Competition Lawsuits; Andrews Litigation Reporter - Antitrust, Vol. 11   more>

December 01, 2003
Insurance Coverage Issues In Mergers And Acquisitions For Intellectual Property/Antitrust Exposures   more>

April 01, 2000
Insurance Coverage for Intellectual Property Claims and its Implications for E-Commerce Center for Intellectual Property law News Source, The John...   more>

April 01, 1999
A Primer on Construing "Advertising Injury Coverage": The Proper Application of the Three Part Test, Journal of Insurance Coverage...   more>

January 01, 1999
Intellectual Property Audits: "Insurance Coverage Considerations," (Chapter 13) Intellectual Property Due Diligence in Corporate Transactions: Risk...   more>

January 01, 1999
Insurance Coverage for Intellectual Property Assets, Aspen Law & Business Panel Publishers   more>

September 17, 1998
Exposing the Duplicity of Insurer Analysis of "Advertising Injury" Offenses, Mealey's Emerging Insurance Disputes, Vol. 3, #18   more>

September 01, 1998
Patents and Insurance: Who Will Pay For Reimbursement?, Journal of Science and Technology Law, Boston University School of Law   more>

June 01, 1998
"Bank of the West v. Superior Court, 2 Cal. 4th 1254, 10 Cal. Rptr. 2d 538, 833 P.2d 545 (1992): A Dubious Export," ABA Tort and Insurance Practice...   more>

May 01, 1998
Advance Watch Decision Declared a ‘Somewhat Bizarre and Tortured Application of Michigan Law,' Coverage, Vol. 8, No. 3   more>

April 01, 1998
Insurance Coverage Under GATT for Patent Infringement Claims -- An Update, IPL Newsletter, Vol. 16, No. 3   more>

April 01, 1998
Intellectual Property Disputes: Malpractice Potential and the Need for Insurance Coverage Counsel, The Brief, ABA Torts and Insurance Practice...   more>

January 12, 1998
Business Litigation Attorneys Who Fail to Give Notice to their Client's Insurers of the Claims they Defend May be Hit With Legal Malpractice Claims...   more>

November 01, 1997
IP Attorneys' Failure to Provide Notice of Suits Against an Insured Client is Legal Malpractice, IPL Newsletter, Vol. 15, No. 2   more>

April 01, 1997
When to Seek the Assistance of Insurance Coverage Counsel in Intellectual Property Disputes and What to Ask, IPL Newsletter, Vol. 15, No. 3...   more>

October 01, 1996
TRIPS' Amendment in GATT Creates New Opportunities for Insurance Coverage of Patent Infringement Lawsuits, IPL Newsletter, Volume 14, Number 2   more>

September 01, 1996
Intellectual Property Attorney's Duty to Provide Prompt Notice of Suits Against an Insured Client to Avoid Legal Malpractice, TIPS Newsletter...   more>

April 01, 1996
No Advertising Injury Exclusions in Commercial General Liability Policies Bar Coverage for Intellectual Property Lawsuits, IPL Newsletter, Vol. 14...   more>

January 01, 1996
Courts Continue Expansive Reading to Cover Intellectual Property Torts, Coverage, American Bar Association, Committee on Insurance Coverage...   more>

December 15, 1995
Some Patent Infringement Cases May Potentially Fall Within the Coverage For Certain ‘Advertising Injury' Offenses, BNA's Insurance Coverage...   more>

December 11, 1995
There are None So Blind as Those Who Will Not See: Courts Continue to Read Expansive ‘Advertising Injury' Offenses to Cover a Number of...   more>

December 01, 1995
Intellectual Property Law and Insurance: Recent Developments, Torts and Insurance Law Journal, Vol. 30, No. 2   more>

October 23, 1995
When Is an Insurer Bound by a Duty to Defend?, The National Law Journal, Vol. 18, No. 8, Section C, page 30.   more>

October 01, 1995
No Advertising Injury Exclusions in Commercial General Liability Policies Bar Coverage for Intellectual Property Lawsuits, ABA Tort and Insurance...   more>

September 01, 1995
Solid Case Law Supports Finding that CGL Insurers Owe a Duty of Defense to Their Insureds in a Variety of Lanham Act Claims, IPL Newsletter, Volume...   more>

September 01, 1995
Coverage for Patent Infringement and Related Claims, The RMICC Newsletter, Cutting Edge Coverage Arguments, Vol. 1, No. 1   more>

September 01, 1995
A Response: The Trend Against Expanding ‘Advertising Injury' Coverage to Intellectual Property Claims, Coverage, Vol. 5, No. 5   more>

July 01, 1995
The Reasonable Expectations Doctrine Application to the Construction of Ambiguous Policy Language, ABA Tort and Insurance Practice Section...   more>

May 01, 1995
Changing Winds: Recent Decisions Favor Policyholders in Intellectual Property Coverage Claims, Coverage, American Bar Association, Committee on...   more>

April 01, 1995
Insurance Coverage Savvy Litigation of Intellectual Property Disputes, ABA Tort and Insurance Practice Section, Intellectual Property Law Committee...   more>

November 01, 1994
Strategies for Corporate and Intellectual Property Counsel in Obtaining Coverage for Intellectual Property Lawsuits (Part 2 of a Two-Part Article)...   more>

October 01, 1994
Intellectual Property Law and Insurance: Recent Developments, Tort and Insurance Law Journal, Vol. XXIX, No. 2   more>

September 01, 1994
Alice Through the Looking Glass: The Ninth Circuit Abandons Rationality and Consistency in Its Analysis of Insurance Coverage for Patent...   more>

September 01, 1994
Public Policy Considerations do not Justify Depriving Policyholders of a Defense Against Mere Claims of Intentional Infringement of Intellectual...   more>

September 01, 1994
Strategies for Corporate and Intellectual Property Counsel in Obtaining Coverage for Intellectual Property Lawsuits (Part 1 of a Two-Part Article)...   more>

April 01, 1994
The Abandonment of the Four Corners Doctrine and Its Impact on Insurance Coverage for Intellectual Property Lawsuits, ABA Tort and Insurance...   more>

April 01, 1994
Potential Coverage for Patent Infringement Lawsuits Still Exists Despite the Court's Rulings in Watercloud and Iolab, New Matter, Official...   more>

March 11, 1994
The Ninth Circuit's Restrictive Interpretation of the Causal Nexus Required to Trigger Advertising Injury Coverage for Patent Infringement Lawsuits...   more>

January 31, 1994
Neither the Watercloud Decision's Narrow Factual Determinations nor the Court's Flawed Analysis Should Impair Potential Coverage for Patent...   more>

January 01, 1994
Insurance Coverage for Intellectual Property Lawsuits, Intellectual Property Counseling and Litigation, Matthew Bender & Co., Inc., Chapter 29, Vol. 2   more>

October 01, 1993
Insurance Coverage of Intellectual Property Lawsuits After Bank of the West, New Matter, Official Publication of the State Bar of California...   more>

April 09, 1993
Recent Developments in Insurance Coverage of Intellectual Property Lawsuits, Mealey's Litigation Reports, Intellectual Property Vol. 1, No. 13   more>

April 01, 1993
Insurance Coverage for Intellectual Property Lawsuits, Ch. 18 Business Insurance, Matthew Bender & Co., Inc., Pub. 4/93 and 94.   more>

February 01, 1993
Establishing Intellectual Property Defense Coverage (with Checklist), The Corporate Analyst, Vol. 5, No. 2   more>

March 01, 1992
Establishing Intellectual Property Defense Coverage, The Practical Lawyer, American Bar Association Publication, Vol. 38, No. 2   more>

January 01, 1992
Insurance Coverage of Intellectual Property Lawsuits: An Overview for Intellectual Property Practitioners and Corporate Counsel, Practicing Law...   more>

June 01, 1991
Recent Developments in Insurance Coverage of Intellectual Property Lawsuits, New Matter, Official Publication of the State Bar of California...   more>

February 01, 1991
Recent Developments in Insurance Coverage of Intellectual Property Lawsuits, The Journal of Proprietary Rights, Vol. 3, No. 2   more>

July 01, 1979
Wellenkamp v. Bank of America: Invalidation of Automatically Enforceable Due-On-Sale Clauses, California Law Review, Vol. 67, No. 4   more>