June 22, 2016
A California federal judge on Wednesday ordered St. Paul Mercury Insurance Co. to defend Tessera Inc. in a lawsuit alleging it breached a patent licensing agreement, determining that a policy exclusion for violations of intellectual property rights doesn't apply because the underlying action doesn't implicate patent laws.
May 16, 2016
Tessera Inc. told a California federal court Monday that an exclusion in a St. Paul Mercury Insurance Co. policy for claims over violations of intellectual property rights doesn't free the insurer from defending it in a lawsuit alleging it breached a patent licensing agreement, arguing that the underlying suit doesn't implicate patent laws.