In August of 2007, P&G filed suit against Kraft Foods, alleging Kraft's
Maxwell House plastic container infringes P&G's patent. In October of 2007,
this lawsuit was put on hold by the U.S. District Court for the Northern
District of
"With this decision, which validates our position, we're even more
confident we'll prevail against Kraft in our multiple intellectual property
lawsuits," said
P&G completed the sale of its Folgers coffee business to The J.M. Smucker
Company (NYSE: SJM) on
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