August 01, 2017
The Ninth Circuit on Tuesday declined to revisit a ruling that left an AIG affiliate on the hook for $8.6 million to cover a patent infringement suit brought against a software company, flatly denying the insurer's attempts at a rehearing en banc in a terse, two-sentence order.
July 24, 2017
An AIG affiliate urged the Ninth Circuit on Friday to reconsider a ruling that left it on the hook for $8.6 million for infringing a patent by software company Magma Design Automation Inc., saying the court hadn't fully considered a phone call that could turn the case on its head.
July 07, 2017
The Ninth Circuit on Friday affirmed that an AIG affiliate must cover $5 million of a settlement over software company Magma Design Automation Inc.'s alleged stock inflation amid a patent infringement suit, rejecting the insurer's contention that the underlying claims fell within an earlier policy period.
June 16, 2017
An AIG affiliate told the Ninth Circuit on Friday that a lower court wrongly ordered it to cover $5 million of a settlement over a software company's alleged stock inflation amid a patent infringement suit, saying it wasn't on the hook as a secondary insurer because the primary insurer knew of the litigation risks before it signed on.
June 01, 2016
An AIG affiliate urged the Ninth Circuit Wednesday to reverse a California federal court's ruling that it must pay Genesis Insurance Co. $8.6 million in a dispute over the insurers' obligations to cover software company Magma Design Automation Inc.'s settlement of securities litigation over alleged patent infringement.