An Indian court has ruled that PepsiCo India Holdings can finally claim a patent for the potato variety grown exclusive for its Lay’s potato chips – but this follows a protracted legal journey of lawsuits, arguments, judges orders and appeals.
Arcadia Biosciences has signed an agreement with Arista Cereal Technologies and Bay State Milling Company to globally commercialize a high fiber resistant starch wheat, resolving an earlier intellectual property (IP) wrangle between itself and Arista.
The food giant has filed a patent application for a high-protein, low fat snack in response to changing consumer behaviour: “Snacking has expanded to occur at all times in the day.”