Stone Brewing Co., LLC v. Molson Coors Brewing Company

I. Background1

21 Following a three-week trial, a jury awarded Stone Brewing Co. LLC (“Plaintiff” 22 or “Stone”) $56 million in compensatory damages after finding Defendant MillerCoors 23 LLC (“Defendant” or “MillerCoors”) infringed on Plaintiff’s STONE trademark. 24 Verdict, ECF No. 625. However, the jury did not find that MillerCoors’ infringement

26 1 The facts and complete procedural history are referred to in this Court’s prior orders and are not necessary to duplicate here. The Court references procedural history and facts 28 was willful. Id. Now before the Court is Plaintiff’s Motion for Partial New Trial, and 2 Defendant’s Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law or in the Alternative, New Trial. 3 ECF Nos. 742, 743. The Court held a hearing on September 6, 2023 to hear argument 4 from the parties. ECF No. 774. For the reasons set forth below, the Court DENIES both 5 motions.

II. LEGAL STANDARDS

7 A. Judgment as a Matter of Law 8 “Under Rule 50, a court should render judgment as a matter of law when ‘a party 9 has been fully heard on an issue and there is no legally sufficient evidentiary basis for a 10 reasonable jury to find for that party on…