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Civil Litigation,
Intellectual Property

Feb. 14, 2018

Craft brewery sues Molson Coors for trademark infringement

A California brewery pursuing a case against “Big Beer” used a trademark lawsuit as an excuse to slam its rival’s “fizzy yellow offerings.”

Craft brewery sues Molson Coors for trademark infringement
Greg Koch, who opened Stone Brewing in San Diego County, Calif., in 1996 and now plans to distribute his craft beers brewed in Berlin around Europe, in Berlin, April 13, 2016.

LOS ANGELES — A craft brewery pursuing a case against “big beer” used a trademark lawsuit as an excuse to slam its rival’s “fizzy yellow offerings.”

The Stone Brewing Co. LLC sued Molson Coors Brewing Co. and MillerCoors LLC in Los Angeles federal court on Monday for infringing its “STONE” trademark. The plaintiff is seeking declaratory relief for trademark infringement, false designation of origin, trademark dilution, and unfair c...

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