🌱🍔 IMPOSSIBLE FOODS TAKES MOTIF FOODWORKS’ HEME BUSINESS IN IP LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT Plant-based meat maker Impossible Foods and food tech company Motif FoodWorks, a spinoff of Boston-based Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc., have settled their bitter dispute over heme protein, two-and-a-half years after the litigation began. According to a filing in the US District Court for the District of Delaware – first reported by Bloomberg Law – Impossible Foods has agreed to take over Motif FoodWorks’ heme business. The ingredient gives plant-based analogues a meaty taste and appearance, and is used by Impossible Foods to help make its burgers ‘bleed’. Impossible Foods filed a lawsuit in March 2022, accusing Motif Foodworks of patent infringement. But Motif Foodworks denied any wrongdoing, suggesting that the action was an attempt to stifle competition and limit consumer choice. After Motif Foodworks filed an appeal in 2023, the US Patent Trial and Appeal Board invalidated one of Impossible Foods’ heme patents in June, covering a plant-based “ground beef-like food product” that “results in the production of at least two volatile compounds which have a beef-associated aroma” when cooked. However, it declined Motif Foodworks’ request to review six other patents as part of the lawsuit. In a joint statement sent to Bloomberg Law on Wednesday, the companies said: “This resolution affirms Impossible Foods’ category leadership and the strength of its product portfolio related to heme.” They added: “Motif FoodWorks and Ginkgo Bioworks look forward to supporting continued growth and innovation within the plant-based sector, recognising the massive potential for progress in the industry for consumers and the environment.” Learn more in the full article: https://lnkd.in/ewdYHBYx #GreenQueen #altprotein #plantbasedmeat #futurefood #foodtech #foodsystems
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