The Plastic Patent Payback: Why Your To-Go Containers Might Get Cheaper Every Single Day
A Massachusetts judge just declared five food packaging patents "unenforceable" due to corporate dishonesty, potentially tanking a plastics giant's monopoly and lowering costs for local eateries.
By Foodie Pundit Newsroom - Published - Updated - Section: Food Prices
Key points
- Five key food packaging patents were ruled unenforceable after a judge found the company engaged in 'inequitable conduct' by misleading the patent office.
- The ruling could potentially lower overhead for independent restaurants by increasing competition and ending a monopoly on specific packaging designs.
- The plastics company is currently fighting to reverse the decision, claiming the court made 'manifest errors' regarding their intent to deceive.
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