San Francisco-based The EVERY Company has received a $2 million award from the US Department of Defense (DoD) to explore establishing a precision fermentation facility in the US.

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Politics & Law

Ovalbumin Patent Battle Narrows to Delaware as Wisconsin Court Drops Onego Bio Claim

A federal judge in Wisconsin has dismissed a lawsuit brought by Finnish precision fermentation company Onego Bio against The EVERY Company, ruling that the court lacks personal jurisdiction over the California-based defendant, AgFunderNews first reported. Parallel litigation in Delaware remains active. Background to the dispute The case originated in September 2025 and centers on a patent held by The EVERY Company covering ovalbumin production across a range of microbial hosts. …

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Fermentation

Meati Foods & The Better Meat Co. Lawsuit Escalates Over Mycelium

Update 11th March, comment sent by Paul Shapito of Better Meat Co: ” No one claims (Gus Pattillo) was ever employed by Meati. The dispute relates to when Pattillo was on a 2017 fellowship at the Dept. of Energy at the same time the founders of Emergy (a battery company which in 2019 rebranded as a food company called Meati) were also doing work at the Dept. of Energy.” Meati …

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