September 09, 2026
Bottler Shibuya Hoppmann and dairy company HP Hood are not entitled to a new trial on the validity of Steuben Foods' bottle sterilization patents after the Federal Circuit partly revived a $38 million infringement verdict against them, a Delaware federal judge said Wednesday.
March 14, 2023
A Delaware federal judge on Tuesday overturned a jury's $38.3 million damage award to Steuben Foods and said a new trial could be needed in the company's patent dispute with dairy company HP Hood and bottler Shibuya Hoppmann Corp., finding that the jury's verdict was contrary to evidence and failed as a matter of law.
December 01, 2021
A Delaware federal jury has awarded Steuben Foods $38.3 million as a reasonable royalty payment after finding that Shibuya and dairy company HP Hood infringed a series of food packaging patents.