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Freedom Specialty, IPISC to Offer Intellectual Property Insurance Products

Freedom Specialty’s Programs underwriting has partnered with Intellectual Property Insurance Services Corp. (IPISC) to offer intellectual property insurance products. The policy offers broad coverage provisions for startups to established companies. The policy will offer coverage on a claims-made basis with …

CFC Underwriting Launches Intellectual Property Product

Specialist lines underwriting agency CFC has launched an intellectual property product focused on small and medium sized companies. The product can cover the costs associated with a number of intellectual property exposures including infringement. According to Erik Alsegard, Intellectual Property …

North Carolina Pizza Firm Loses Right to Use Gallo Name

A small Asheville food company will be carrying a new name because a winery didn’t like the old one The Asheville Citizen-Times reported that husband-and-wife team Tom Gallo and Susan Devitt have been forced by E. & J. Gallo Winery …

Wells Fargo Insurance Launches Intellectual Property Financial Protection Products

Wells Fargo Insurance, part of Wells Fargo & Co. has launched two new insurance products from its Professional Risk Group, Intellectual Property Risk Mitigation Practice (IPRMP): revENSUREand ANDAfend. “Both products were designed to protect a company’s expected revenues from legal …

China Says It Has Data on U.S. Cyber Attacks, Calls for Cooperation

China’s top Internet security official says he has “mountains of data” pointing to extensive U.S. hacking aimed at China, but it would be irresponsible to blame Washington for such attacks, and called for greater cooperation to fight hacking. Cyber security …

SoDA, IPISC to Offer IP Defense Insurance for Digital Agencies, Production Cos.

SoDA, an association focused on the digital agency and production company community, has partnered with IPISC to offer intellectual property (IP) coverage tailored specifically to its member companies. The insurance is written through intellectual property insurance provider IPISC. The IP …

Intellectual Property Insurance Launches IP Abatement Product

Intellectual Property Insurance Services Corporation (IPISC) has launched its latest IP insurance product, InventPro Abatement Insurance, an IP insurance starter plan designed specifically to help inventors and small companies enforce their IP rights and protect their innovations from the predatory …

Austin, San Antonio to Share $400K to Fight Intellectual Property Theft

United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas Robert Pitman announced that the San Antonio Police Department and the Austin Police Department will each receive $200,000 in federal grant money to combat the purchase and sale of counterfeit and …

40 Million U.S. Jobs Tied to Intellectual Property Protection: Report

U.S. movie studios, drug manufacturers and other companies that depend heavily on copyrights, patents and trademarks to protect their creative works support 40 million jobs, or about 28 percent of the U.S. workforce, a U.S. report said on Wednesday. “Today …