Patent Disputes over Meat Substitutes – Part 5

About six months ago, in connection with a patent infringement lawsuit filed by Impossible Foods against its competitor Motif, I wrote an article about the outcome of the IPR process, in which Motif is using the U.S. IPR system to try to kill Impossible Foods’ patents,

Patent Disputes over Meat Substitutes – Part 4

Patent dispute over meat substitutes (Impossible Foods vs Motif)

The IPR is required to be terminated within one year in principle, and in the IPR (IPR2023-00206) concerning US Patent No. 9943096 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘096 patent), which is mentioned in the article, Motif’s arguments were accepted and the ‘096 patent was found to be invalid as to all challenged claims.

For more information, please see the “note” article below (Japanese text only).

Patent Disputes over Meat Substitutes – Part 5

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