Case: Trademarks/Insurance (9th Cir.)

The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a federal district court’s grant of summary judgment to Colony Ins. Co. in Premier Pools Mgmt. Corp.'s insurance action against Colony involving an underlying trademark infringement lawsuit. The Ninth Circuit found that the district court properly rejected PPMC’s argument that a previous Ninth Circuit opinion, from a prior appeal in this action, precluded the district court from determining whether Colony owed PPMC a duty to defend because that opinion decided only whether PPMC was an insured party, and thus had standing to sue for coverage, under the relevant Colony policies; therefore, ...