Intellectual Property,
Civil Litigation,
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Dec. 30, 2021
Trade secrets suit filed over mushroom-based meat substitute
“Better Meat Co. and Mr. Pattillo were able to launch a fully operational mycoprotein fermentation facility in Sacramento and their ‘Rhiza’ product in an unreasonably short period of time (likely with low development costs) because they stole Emergy’s confidential, proprietary, and trade secret information,” wrote Jeffrey D. Smyth, a partner with Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP.
A Colorado company that makes mushroom-based meat substitutes sued a California company and a former researcher, alleging stolen trade secrets.
In a complaint filed Monday in federal court in Sacramento, Emergy Inc. said food researcher Augustus Pattillo infringed on the company's trademarked "Innovative Mycelium Treatment Process." The mycelium is the portion of a fungus that grows underground or inside a medium like a rotting tree. The co...
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