A patent lawsuit has begun between impossible foods and motif FoodWorks

Impossible Foods, a company known for making meatless burgers, reportedly sued its rival Motif Foodworks. They’ve accused the startup of not only stealing its technique in simulating the flavor of actual meat, and also employing it in its culinary products. The motif is indeed an interesting spinoff from Ginkgo Bioworks, a biotech business (DNA.N).
The complaint was filed in federal court in Delaware. Impossible Foods filed a lawsuit alleging that Motif infringed its patents by employing the protein component heme in its plant-based beef. Patents aid in the protection of innovative technologies, products, or methods for getting to such products more quickly. Once a patent has been obtained, no one can utilize that method to make that product or use that technology without the proprietor’s permission.
The Impossible Foods lawsuit, according to a Motif representative, is nothing more than a worthless attempt from Impossible Foods to limit competition, as well as the spokesperson stressed that Motif would defend the charges toward the end. The motif is based in Boston. It announced last year that it had completed its second round of venture financing, raising $226 million.
“Heme is a major component of meat’s appeal,” according to Impossible Foods’ complaint, “and Impossible includes the protein inside its organic burger to recreate meat’s taste, smell, as well as overall sensory stimulation.” “Motif’s used for an ingredient called Hemami inside its copycat burgers violates an Impossible Foods patent covering a beef replica product that also includes heme,”.
Impossible Foods asked the court to provide instructions for the payment of an undisclosed amount in damages, as well as a court order preventing Motif from selling the allegedly infringing burger. A spokeswoman for Impossible Foods stated that the firm welcomed competition but would not allow unfair attempts to harm its brand or goods by committing infringement voluntarily.