Nestle/Purina, a multibillion dollar giant, is attempting to force Wysong, a small family owned company, to pay them commissions.
Wysong is refusing and Nestec is muscling them with the threat of a multimillion dollar federal lawsuit.
In the early 1980s Dr. Wysong invented a technology to enrobe pet and human foods with probiotics. Although Wysong did not seek a patent, it has used the technology in both animal and human foods for nearly three decades.
Nestle/Purina obtained a patent granted in 1999 for the same technology—15 years AFTER Dr. Wysong invented it.
Heres some of the proof:
Should Wysong cave and pay a tax to the giant for a technology that Wysong invented?
Furthermore, if probiotics are so beneficial to health as the patent says (and which is true), why has Purina not used the technology in their own products for the past decade, but is just seeking to tax companies that do?
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