Legal Opinion
Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc. v. International Insurance
District Court, E.D. California
Decided March 13, 1995No. Civ. S-91-1044-DFL-GGHPublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF OPINION AND ORDER
LEVI, District Judge.
Plaintiff Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc. (“Owens”) seeks insurance coverage for its $22.5 million patent infringement settlement. The key question is whether the '“advertising injury” provisions of defendants’ policies are capacious enough to include room for patent infringement.
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A. The Underlying Litigation
In September 1988, B & H Manufacturing Co. (“B & H”) filed suit for patent infringement against plaintiff Owens in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. B & H’s amended complaint sought “damages” and…
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