P&G; Claims Coca-Cola Is Infringing Patent
Associated Press
Procter & Gamble Co. sued Coca-Cola Co., accusing Coke’s Minute Maid division of infringing P&G;’s patented calcium-supplemented fruit juice beverages.
Dan Schafer, a Minute Maid spokesman, said Minute Maid will fight the lawsuit. Minute Maid has made its own calcium-fortified orange juice since 1987 and hasn’t varied the formula since then, he said.
Shares of Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble rose 80 cents to $89.55. Atlanta-based Coca-Cola rose $1.17 to $55.56, both on the NYSE.
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