Motif Foodworks told a Delaware federal court that plant-based meat rival Impossible Foods improperly hired private investigators who donned fake identities to solicit information about Motif's products during their patent dispute.
, last year. The lawsuit said the "Hemami" ingredient in Motif's burgers infringes Impossible patents related to a "beef replica" product that also uses a heme protein.Motif employees told the court that they were approached by people claiming to work for a fast-food supplier and meal-kit service interested in its product.
Integrity One and Food4Thought did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the allegations.she was approached at a trade show in San Francisco by a man named Lindon Lilly who claimed to source plant-based food for an undisclosed fast-food chain. The employee said she later found Lilly's LinkedIn profile named him as the president of "California Active Shooter Academy LLC" and did not disclose any link to food industries.
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