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Yes, You Can Patent Food Products!

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Companies in the food and beverage industry might overlook significant advantages by not patenting their innovations. While there’s a common belief that “recipes” cannot be patented, unique formulations and other aspects of...more

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From Lab to Table: Intellectual Property Trends in Alternative Proteins

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In 2019, KFC dropped the unexpected into a frier and forever changed the quick-serve restaurant (QSR) industry. They teamed up with Beyond Meat, a leading plant-based meat company, to create a vegan chicken offering, which...more

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IP Primer for Emerging Healthy F&B Companies

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Intellectual property protection is essential for emerging companies in the healthy food and beverage (“F&B”) space to attract investors and stand out from competitors. To gain a competitive edge, companies should understand...more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

Why Privacy And Trade Secret Law Are On A Collision Course

Can privacy law and trade secret law coexist, or is compliance with both impossible? We are experiencing the fourth industrial revolution, driven by the rise in data and connectivity, analytics and artificial intelligence....more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

Foodtech Patents: Who’s on the Board and What Moves are they Making?

The alternative (“alt-“) animal products industry is growing increasingly more popular each year, causing an increased demand in foods made from plant proteins or cultured in a lab. As more alt-animal products emerge, the...more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

Foodtech Pioneer Impossible Foods Sues Competitor Motif for Patent Infringement

The food tech industry has been rapidly growing in recent years with the rise in popularity of alternative (“alt-“) animal products. Such alt-animal products typically consist of non-animal (e.g., plant-based) proteins or...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Patent Protection in the FoodTech Space

The FoodTech industry is highly competitive and it can be challenging for companies to maintain a competitive edge. One way a FoodTech company can remain competitive is to seek patent protection for their innovations. This...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Dispute Between Telehealth Giants Heats Up

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Teladoc has sued competitor Amwell over patent claims in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. Teladoc is accusing Amwell of infringing on its patents related to telehealth carts, a digital scope and...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Patent Prosecution Tool Kit: Patent Term Extension

Patent term extension (PTE) is available under the 1984 Drug Price Competition and Patent Restoration Act, also known as the Hatch-Waxman Act (The Act). The Act allows the extension of the term of a patent claiming a product...more

International Lawyers Network

A Recipe for Patent Protection: Are food products patentable?

In the past several years, the food and beverage space has seen an explosion of innovation—alternative meat products, plant-based dairy and protein alternatives, CBD- and collagen-infused everything, and functional foods and...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Hot Potato War: Patent to Pretreat Vegetables Not Directed to Ineligible Concept

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J.R. Simplot and McCain Foods have spent the last few years battling in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho over issues related to – unsurprisingly – potatoes, with each party asserting a design patent related...more

Ladas & Parry LLP

[Webinar] IP Basics For The Food & Beverage Industry - January 30th, 12:30 pm ET

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Join the Ladas & Parry Food & Beverage Industry Group on January 30th to learn the basics of intellectual property as it relates to protecting what is special about your food industry products. Topics include: • Appearance...more

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5 KEY TAKEAWAYS: Recent Trends in Food & Wine Industry and Their Legal Implications The Patent Landscape

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Kilpatrick Townsend Partner Babak Kusha recently spoke at the Contra Costa County Bar Association’s 25th Annual MCLE Spectacular in Walnut Creek, California on “Recent Trends in Food & Wine Industry and Their Legal...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Important Legislative and Regulatory Changes Impacting the Commercialization of Cannabis, Hemp, and CBD

A number of important changes have occurred in the cannabis, hemp, and cannabidiol (CBD) spaces. This alert presents a snapshot of significant developments and selected future predictions....more

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Food & Beverage Litigation Update | March 2018 #2

US, EU Near Agreement on Shellfish Trade - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed to allow the import of raw bivalve molluscan shellfish—including clams, mussels, oysters and scallops—harvested in the...more

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$500,000 Given to Jam Manufacturer in Trade Secret Recipe Violation - Using Trade Secrets in the Accelerating World of...

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The Accelerating Rate of Commerce - Classical intellectual property protection, such as trademarks, copyrights and patents often require the filing of costly applications with government offices, long delays of review and...more

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IP in the Food & Beverage Industry

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Snack foods, packaging and bottling equipment, recipes and restaurants are all part of one of the world’s largest industries. The food sector plays an essential role in the economies of many countries, accounting for multi...more

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

The Supreme Court Limits Where Patent Owners May File Infringement Actions – With Some Guidance from Applicable District Court...

The Supreme Court recently decided TC Heartland v. Kraft Food Group, 581 U. S. ____ (2017), which has changed the rules concerning where patent infringement lawsuits may be brought. Specifically, patent infringement actions...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Sweet as Candy? Sugarfina takes Competitor to Court

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On June 15th, Sugarfina Inc. (“Sugarfina”), a gourmet candy boutique, sued one of its competitors, Sweet Pete’s LLC (“Sweet Pete’s”), accusing Sweet Pete’s of trade dress, copyright, trademark, and patent infringement, as...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

High Court Limits Where Patent Suits Can Be Filed

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Venue in a patent litigation is limited to the alleged infringer’s state of incorporation or where the defendant has committed infringing acts and has a regular and established place of business....more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

New Venue Considerations May Shape Patent Litigation after TC Heartland

The Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated decision in TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC, unanimously holding that, for the purpose of the patent venue statute 28 U.S.C. § 1400(b), “a domestic corporation...more

Fenwick & West LLP

#AliceStorm: April Update and the Impact of TC Heartland on Patent Eligibility

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The Supreme Court’s recent decision on patent venue, TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands, may actually turn out to be a good thing for patentees when it comes to Section 101. But before we get to that, let’s do the...more

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Moving Forward After TC Heartland v. Kraft Foods

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The Supreme Court’s recent opinion in TC Heartland, LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands, LLC, overturns almost three decades of Federal Circuit jurisprudence on the issue of where a patent holder may properly file suit. In a...more

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TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC

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In its decision of May 22, 2017 in Heartland v. Kraft, the United States Supreme Court held that the specific venue provisions applicable to Patent infringement (28 U.S.C. 1400 (b)) limited the courts in which a domestic...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Supreme Court Restricts Patent Venue - Holding That A Domestic Corporation "Resides" Only In The State Of Incorporation

On May 22, 2017, the Supreme Court issued its long awaited opinion in T.C. Heartland L.L.C. v. Kraft Food Brands, L.L.C., No. 16-341 (U.S. May 22, 2017)—easily one of its most consequential rulings in patent law in several...more

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