October 29, 2021
An Illinois federal judge tossed a long-running lawsuit accusing an insurer of vexatiously denying defense to a marker company in a trademark suit, finding that the Seventh Circuit's ruling in the suit and previous state court decisions have settled whether further damages are warranted.
November 12, 2019
An insurer must pay roughly $2.8 million to cover the costs of an art marker company's defense in a trademark infringement suit in Oregon, an Illinois federal judge ruled on Tuesday, citing the insurer's "unreasonable and vexatious conduct" under Illinois insurance law.