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Zest Labs Inc et al v. Wal-Mart Inc
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4:18-cv-00500
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March 11, 2025
Ex-USPTO Head Can't Be Expert In Walmart IP Fight, Co. Says
A startup suing Walmart over trade secrets connected to shelf-freshness technology wants an Arkansas federal court to block the retailer from retaining former U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Kathi Vidal as an expert when the $115 million case moves forward to a retrial.
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October 24, 2024
Walmart Hid Patent Evidence, Co.'s Sanctions Bid Claims
Zest Labs wants Walmart sanctioned in a suit claiming the retail giant stole the startup's trade secrets related to shelf-freshness technology, telling an Arkansas federal judge that Walmart hid important evidence about patents it had filed applications for.
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July 10, 2024
Walmart IP Foe May Face $2.9M Penalty After Jury Win Tossed
Counsel for a food tech startup that saw its $115 million patent infringement verdict against Walmart nixed may be ordered to pay the retail giant's $2.9 million legal bill due to misrepresentations about a key piece of evidence, an Arkansas federal judge said.
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December 22, 2023
Walmart Wins New Trial After $115M Trade Secrets Verdict
Walmart can have a new trial after an Arkansas federal jury determined that it nicked a startup's trade secrets related to shelf-freshness technology and owed $115 million in damages, a federal judge ruled Friday.
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August 30, 2022
Startup Loses Bid To Shield Docs In $115M Walmart Fight
The Eighth Circuit has shot down an appeal from startup Zest Labs Inc. of a lower court's order that it had to cough up dozens of documents in a food storage and technology patent case against Walmart in which Zest was handed a $115 million jury verdict.
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April 27, 2021
Startup Wants $46M Atty Fee After Patent Win Against Walmart
Zest Labs Inc. asked an Arkansas federal court on Tuesday to make Walmart Inc. fork over $46 million in attorney fees and expenses based on a 40% award contingency fee from the startup's $115 million jury verdict against the retail giant over infringement of a food storage and technology patent.
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April 12, 2021
Walmart Owes $115M For Stealing Startup's Food Tech
A jury in Walmart's home state of Arkansas said the world's largest retailer owes a Texas food technology startup $115 million after it developed shelf-freshness technology by shoplifting the startup's trade secrets.