INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY:
Insurance Coverage

With the dramatic increase in intellectual property litigation has come a corresponding demand for intellectual property insurance coverage. Insurers have responded by narrowing coverage afforded under standard general liability policies, and expanding coverage by offering specialty products designed to help protect insureds from a variety of exposures in matters involving patent, trademark, trade secrets, and copyright infringement. Betts, Patterson and Mines has responded by combining the exceptional skills of its intellectual property and insurance coverage attorneys – creating a powerful team to assist its clients with all aspects of intellectual property coverage.

Betts, Patterson and Mines’ Intellectual Property Insurance Practice Group lawyers focus on representing insurance companies in intellectual property coverage matters and extracontractual claims. We have been privileged to assist some of the country’s leading commercial and personal lines insurers, from coverage opinion to appeal. At the early stages of a claim, we strive to provide timely and reliable analysis, and frank advice for minimizing extracontractual exposure. When litigation occurs, we collaborate with our clients to plan and execute strategies effectively and economically to obtain favorable results.

Betts, Patterson and Mines’ Intellectual Property Insurance Practice Group has experience in these and other related areas:

Intellectual Property

• Federal and state copyright, trademark and patent litigation
• Copyright and trademark licensing agreements
• Federal and state software licensing agreements
• Trademark extraterritorial disputes
• Website compliance reports
  
  

Coverage

• General liability, first-party, and personal lines coverages
• Specialty lines: directors and officers, professional errors and omissions
• Excess and umbrella coverages, all lines: primary, drop down, allocation
• Inter-insurer disputes: reinsurance claims, allocation, contribution
• Commercial claims: intellectual property, unfair competition
• Liability case assistance: excess of limits exposure, defense issues, mixed claims
• Extracontractual matters: bad faith and consumer protection claims
• Exposure avoidance

Betts, Patterson and Mines’ Intellectual Property Insurance practice is regional, and our lawyers have represented clients in Alaska, Arizona, California, Montana, Oregon and Texas. All group members are admitted in Washington’s state and federal courts, and some are licensed to practice in California, Guam, Hawaii, Oregon and before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.