Better Meat Co. v. Emergy, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 THE BETTER MEAT CO., No. 2:21-cv-02338-KJM-CKD Plaintiff, ORDER v. 14 EMERGY, Inc. d/b/a MEATI FOODS, PAUL VWRONSKY, and BOND CAPITAL
MANAGEMENT LP,
16 Defendants. 17 18 19 For the reasons below, the court grants defendant Emergy’s motion to strike plaintiff Better Meat’s first and second claims under California’s anti-SLAPP statute. 22 I. BACKGROUND This court has summarized the history of this action in a previous order and incorporates 24 that summary here by reference. See Prior Order (May 25, 2022), ECF No. 66. In short, Emergy 25 and Better Meat compete in the market for mycelial meat substitutes. Mycelial meat substitutes 26 are derived from mycelium, “the root-like structure of fungi.” Compl. at 4, ECF No. 1. Emergy 27 alleges Better Meat and its founders copied or stole Emergy’s trade secrets and intellectual
property; Better Meat alleges Emergy and its investors have used threats of litigation…