Stone Brewing Company

Stone Brewing Company has filed its first post-trial motion seeking a permanent injunction to prevent Molson Coors from “ongoing infringement of the Stone trademark” in the wake of its $56 million jury award following last month’s trademark infringement trial.

A jury awarded Stone Brewing $56 million in its trademark infringement lawsuit against Molson Coors for its Keystone Light rebrand last Friday. Courthouse News Service reporter Bianca Bruno joins the Brewbound team to discuss what it was like inside the courtroom and where the case goes from here, including post-trial motions. Plus, Harris Beach partner Brendan Palfreyman returns.

Molson Coors is in the process of a packaging refresh for Keystone Light, chief legal officer Anne-Marie D’Angelo shared with the company’s distributor partners in a memo Tuesday afternoon. The company shared plans for the packaging refresh just days after a jury awarded Stone Brewing Company $56 million in its long-simmering trademark infringement lawsuit against Molson Coors.

A federal jury has awarded Stone Brewing $56 million in its trademark infringement lawsuit against Molson Coors Beverage Company, according to Courthouse News Service.

In closing arguments Wednesday of Stone Brewing’s trademark infringement case against Molson Coors, the San Diego craft brewery’s attorney Noah Hagey urged jurors to award his client $216 million, according to Courthouse News Service.

The trademark infringement trial between Stone Brewing and Molson Coors continues to grind along with more revelations daily via Courthouse News Service’s coverage. Highlights in recent days from the trial included testimony from Stone co-founder Steve Wagner and Molson Coors’ archivist.

Stone CEO Maria Stipp revealed that her company owes its investor, VMG/Hillhouse, $464 million and has considered selling, according to a report in Courthouse News Service.

The four-years-in-the-making trademark infringement trial between Stone Brewing Company and Molson Coors finally started this week with attorneys for both sides offering opening arguments and testimony from Molson Coors CEO Gavin Hattersley.

Escondido, California-based Stone Brewing expanded its East Coast operations this week, increasing annual capacity at its Richmond, Virginia, facility from 150,000 barrels to 200,000 barrels.

Stone Brewing kicks off 2022 with expanded direct-to-consumer sales into Washington D.C.

Days after the BBC reported that Scottish beer maker BrewDog allegedly submitted false information to the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, keg labels for the two beers in question were surrendered. Meanwhile, the number of convenience stores operating in the U.S. stood at 148,026 in 2021, a 1.5% decline compared to the 150,274 stores in operation in 2020, according to NACS and NielsenIQ.

Each year, craft breweries across the nation roll out new limited release beers to entice beer drinkers through the seasons but few can tantalize fans with rebrews of recipes tried, true and back only by popular demand. Stone Brewing announces its lineup of Stone Fan Favorites, voted on by loyal fans of Stone’s prolific 25-year brewing history.

Ohioans hoping to taste limited release Stone Brewing offerings are now in luck. The Escondido, California-headquartered craft brewery has launched direct-to-consumer shipping to the Buckeye State through its One Batch Dispatch program — and more states will follow.

Escondido, California-based Stone Distributing has added San Diego-based Ashland Hard Seltzer and El Segundo Brewing to its Southern California portfolio.