Mbukota beri ọhụrụ/bupu ibu Driscoll dere etinyela akwụkwọ mkpesa n'iwu na-ebo ebubo mmebi iwu patent na "ngbanwe nke ụdị strawberry nke Driscoll."
California Berry Cultivars na onye rụpụtara ụlọ ọrụ na-azụlite strawberry Douglas Shaw bụ isiokwu nke mkpesa ahụ.
Mkpesa ahụ gbara akwụkwọ na Machị 20 na Sacramento Division nke Eastern District nke California, wee chọọ ikpe ndị juri na-achọ mmebi na enyemaka ikpe ndị ọzọ.
Onye isi oche Driscoll na onye isi ndị isi Miles Reiter kwuru na nkwupụta ederede Driscoll etinyela nnukwu ego na mmemme ịmụ nwa iji mepụta ụdị beri ọ na-enye ọtụtụ narị ndị ọrụ ugbo ezinụlọ nọọrọ onwe ha.
Reiter kwuru na nkwupụta, "Anyị kwenyere n'ahịa ahịa dị mma na nke asọmpi, anyị ga-eme ihe achọrọ iji chebe nyocha anyị, patent na ụdị nkeonwe."
California Berry Cultivars azaghị na Machị 20 maka arịrịọ eletrọnịkị maka ikwu okwu na mkpesa ahụ.
Driscoll's kwuru na ikpe ya ugbu a na-esote ikpe mbụ n'etiti UC Davis na California Berry Cultivars (CBC) na Mee 2017, ebe Ndị juri chọpụtara na CBC mere “ama ụma mebie iwu patent. "
"N'ihi nnwale ahụ, e mere ka ọha na eze mara ụfọdụ ndekọ ọmụmụ CBC, na-ekpughe na CBC ejiriwo ọtụtụ ụdị Driscoll na-amụba," dị ka nkwupụta sitere na Driscoll's.
"Emmemme ozuzu strawberry na California nwere mmasị n'ịkwalite asọmpi ziri ezi nke na-abara ndị na-azụ ahịa na ndị na-akụ ihe uru," Driscoll's General Counsel Tom O'Brien kwuru na nkwupụta. "Anyị enweghị ike, anyị agaghịkwa erube isi n'ụzọ iwu na-akwadoghị na nke enweghị ikike nke ụdị anyị wee kwenye na ekwesịrị ichebe mmemme ọmụmụ niile n'ụdị omume ndị a."