Tag: legal

Brief: Oatly loses trademark infringement case against UK farm

August 5, 2021

Under-fire Oatly had accused the UK’s Glebe Farm, which produces an oat-based milk called PureOaty, of infringing its trademark rights.

Brief: Oatly sues UK farm over PureOaty plant-based milk brand

June 14, 2021

Glebe Farm owner Phillip Rayner said that “although Oatly are much bigger than us, we do not believe we have done anything wrong.”

Impossible Foods Impossible Burger bleeding with heme

Brief: Impossible Foods prevails in US federal court complaint over heme

May 6, 2021

The maker of plant-based ‘bleeding’ burgers said it applauds the court’s decision to “slap down [CFS] – an anti-science, anti-GMO activist group that’s been spreading lies for years.”

Hydroponic farm growing leafy greens indoors

Brief: US federal court rules that hydroponic produce can be certified organic

March 25, 2021

The Center for Food Safety had petitioned the US Department of Agriculture to cease its certification of hydroponic operations as eligible for the government’s ‘organic’ program.

Is California willing to solve its water crisis?

April 8, 2020

A battle is being waged over water use in California and California’s Central Valley is at the epicenter, writes Sean Hood.

Exploiting Intellectual Property rights in the UK’s food and drink sector

December 11, 2019

This article is intended to demystify IP in the food and drink industry and shed light on the full extent of the opportunities available to companies to protect and benefit from their IP, with a particular focus on the role patent protection can play.