Kilpatrick Stockton LLP said a Georgia court ruled PepsiCo Inc.'s (PEP) "bag- in-box" technology doesn't infringe on a Coca-Cola Co. (KO) patent.

The suit was over a type of container Purchase, N.Y., PepsiCo had been using to distribute and dispense fountain syrup, which Atlanta-based Coca-Cola said infringed on its patent.

The law firm representing PepsiCo said the action had been pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia for about two years. The firm moved for summary judgment, arguing that the judge's interpretation of the patent in a prior case precluded a finding of infringement in this case.

The judge, Richard W. Story, granted the motion and dismissed the case.

Coca-Cola wasn't immediately available for comment.