Re: insurance

I'm surprised that I didn't get an answer to my question. With all this discussion about copyrights and infringements, I'm surprised that nobody knows much about IP insurance as protection against unintentional acts of infringement.

Any takers?

On 7/29/98, Wendy Nemeroff <wendy_nemeroff[_at_]geoworks.com> wrote:
>
> On 7/23/98, Andrew Martin <amartin[_at_]cancopy.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, July 22, 1998, Lesley Harris <copyrgt[_at_]aol.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Film producers routinely obtain insurance for copyright
> > > infringements, etc. I'm wondering if anyone has ever read anything
> > > or knows about any similar insurance for libraries or schools --
> > > just a thought -- any comments appreciated.
> >
> > It's called a CANCOPY licence! Seriously, when we explored indemnity
> > insurance, to cover the indemnity we give, a major issue was the
> > refusal of insurers to provide coverage for wrongful acts. This I
> > think will also apply to schools and libraries, except perhaps to
> > the extent that any infringement is unintentional, and could not
> > have been avoided by reasonable efforts, etc. Again, happy to discuss.
>
> This is a topic of interest to me. Does anyone have good suggestions
> for who to use/contact regarding IP insurance for companies whose
> business is developing and licensing software on an OEM basis where
> indemnification to the licensee is required?

Wendy Nemeroff
<wendy_nemeroff[_at_]geoworks.com> Received on Tue Aug 11 1998 - 22:19:20 GMT