What is Media Liability Insurance?
Media Liability insurance is a type of professional, or errors & omissions coverage originally designed for media-related firms such as publishers, broadcasters, advertising agencies and movie producers. However, due to the rapidly evolving technology sector where innovations to existing creative material happen on a daily basis, Media liability has become an increasing area of on-going litigation concern, and can pose a very real threat to many technology firms. Media liability insurance coverage provides broad coverage to protect against claims or suits for damages resulting from unauthorized use of someone else’s copyrighted or trademarked intellectual property. It also covers unauthorized use of any advertising material or any slogan or title of others, and exposures resulting from plagiarism.
Do I need Media Liability Insurance if I’m not a marketer or advertiser?
Even if you advertise or market as part of your business services, Media Liability is still an exposure that companies fail to realize. Trademark and Copyright infringement can happen to non-media related firms, especially technology related companies.
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Media Liability Insurance Specialists
SciTech Insurance Pros is a specialized Media Liability Insurance Agency. We provide tailored insurance solutions to each and every one of our clients since we are an independent agency.
We serve the following States:
- Arizona
- California
- Colorado
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Kansas
- Massachusetts
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- New York
- Oregon
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- Washington
We provide specialized coverages such as Professional Liability Insurance, PCI Compliance Insurance, Product Liability Insurance, Technology Insurance, Clinical Trials Insurance, Cyber Insurance, Media Liability Insurance, and many more.
SciTech Insurance Pros is more than an insurance policy, we are your gateway for securing and protecting your Business. Call us at 210-545-5100
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Media Liability Claim Scenarios
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An IT service firm placed advertisements on their website and on their direct mailings to announce a new service offered by one of their important partners. The advertising contained material that a global competitor of their partner claimed it owned. The competitor sued the IT service firm, contending that they were liable for damages caused by unauthorized use of the advertising material.
An insured, ABC, Inc. received a cease and desist infringing use letter from a law firm claiming that ABC, Inc., which had been continuously engaged in business under the ABC, Inc. service mark since at least 1983, had been infringing upon the law firm’s client trademark, XYZ Corporation. In furtherance of its ownership of the XYZ mark, XYZ Corporation had also registered its service mark with the US Patent and Trademark Office since 1990. XYZ Corporation claimed to also be in the same business as ABC, Inc. and that continued use of their mark would cause significant harm to their goodwill and trademark rights. The letter demanded that ABC, Inc. cease and desist conducting business under the mark ABC, and that it immediately initiate steps to rename the corporation, its products, and services, including rebranding its website.
