Hartford Off Hook For Coverage In Bill System IP Fight

Law360, New York (July 27, 2011, 7:27 PM ET) -- A Minnesota federal judge ruled last week that Hartford Casualty Insurance Co. does not owe PetroNet LLC advertising injury coverage in an underlying suit alleging the company stole trade secrets to develop a billing system that infringed a third party's copyrighted product.

In granting Hartford's motion for summary judgment and dismissing PetroNet's complaint with prejudice, U.S. District Judge Donovan W. Frank ruled July 21 that the underlying suit brought by CHS Inc. did not allege covered claims for personal and advertising injury because the suit arose...
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Case Information

Case Title

PetroNet LLC v. Hartford Casualty Insurance Company

Court

Minnesota

Nature of Suit

Insurance

Case Number

0:10-cv-03675

Judge

Donovan W. Frank

Date Filed

August 23, 2010

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