Stone Brewing Defeats Molson Coors in Trademark Infringement Case
Today the San Diego federal court ruled in favor of Stone Brewing in a trademark dispute filed four years ago. Stone filed the lawsuit against MillerCoors (now Molson Coors) for illegal use of Stone's registered STONE trademark after the company rebranded its Keystone beer as STONE. During the time of infringement, Molson Coors reportedly sold more than $1.7 billion of Keystone beer branded as STONE. The three-week trial took place before U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez and an eight-person jury.
Stone Brewing is the nation's 9th largest craft brewery, and in 2020 it produced 347,000 barrels of beer, only 0.5% the volume of beer produced by Molson Coors.