Motif FoodWorks fires another round at Impossible Foods as the conflict between the two alt-meat firms continues to simmer with fronts in the United States and European Union.
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The Opposition Division of the European Patent Office recently announced that it has revoked a key Impossible Foods' EU patent (No. 2,943,072 B1). At the same time, Boston-headquartered Motif FoodWorks has filed of four additional challenges to US patents held by Impossible Foods.
The revoked EU patent addresses meat alternative products containing heme protein, sugars and sulfur compounds. Motif argues that these ingredients, which have been used in food…