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What Is Litigation Insurance?

Litigation insurance protects you if you are in a lawsuit. (This is different from insurance litigation, which is the topic of lawsuits regarding insurance.) Patent enforcement insurance and patent defense insurance are two examples of litigation insurance. Patent enforcement policies pay when you assert your patents against a competitor. In other words, the insurance policy…

Early Intervention with IP Insurance

How actively using Intellectual Property insurance can help small players negotiate with giant companies. Intellectual property insurance – patent insurance specifically – comes in two main categories: enforcement policies and defense policies. In this scenario, we are going to discuss enforcement policies where a company has a patent portfolio and is engaging a larger company…

Everything You Need To Know About Insurable Risk

There are several aspects of Insurable Risk. As a result, let’s start by grasping the most basic concepts and then build on the topic as we move forward. The article is supposed to be informational and strives to offer an insight to readers on insurable risk, its requirements, and the pros and cons encompassing the…

Self Insured Retentions vs Deductibles

Deductibles and self insured retention (SIRs) are tools that reduce your insurance premiums, where you to share the cost of a loss. While these two mechanisms are economically similar, they vary significantly and are not interchangeable. Deductibles & Self Insured Retentions, What are They? What is a Deductible? A deductible is the part you pay…

What Your Business Needs to Know About Copyright Law (Intellectual Property 101)

Marketers who do not grasp copyright and intellectual property laws face a tarnished image and costly lawsuits. The Internet has become the primary advertising medium for most businesses. Many advertisers don’t realize that just because something is available on the internet, it is *not* available for their use. By copying someone else’s work, they often…