A Boston plant-based meat company outed a private investigator it claims was working covertly for Impossible Foods Inc. before and after Impossible accused it of patent infringement.
Motif Foodworks Inc. told the US District Court for the District of Delaware in a letter made public this week that Impossible used New York City private investigator Sarah Q. Nasir, who posed as a potential client, using a fake name and concocted business, to try to convince Motif to turn over raw samples. The letter was part of a flurry of legal filings partially unsealed late on May 23.
The documents cast a light on the use of PIs in patent litigation, a practice that usually remains in the background. The revelations could change the tenor of the case as Motif presses allegations of ethical breaches by Impossible’s counsel.
Impossible sued Motif Foodworks Inc. in March 2022, asserting that the company infringed seven separate patents covering manufacturing processes, ingredients, and products.
Motif is using the newly revealed information to go on the offensive, saying it suspects lawyers for Impossible violated the American Bar Association’s and the Delaware Lawyers’ Rules of Professional Conduct and seeking additional information from Nasir and her private investigation company about the nature of her work through four subpoenas.
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