Pepsi is suing four Indian farmers for growing the potato used to make Lay’s

Pepsi is suing four Indian farmers for growing the potato used to make Lay’s(business.financialpost.com)

7 points by bluesilver07 7 years ago | 3 comments

sp332 7 years ago |

TFA says the potatoes are patented. This one says they are trademarked: https://thehill.com/policy/international/440773-pepsico-sues... and this one says both trademarked and copyrighted! https://www.thedailybeast.com/pepsico-sues-farmers-in-india-... Can someone confirm what kind of rights PepsiCo is actually asserting in this case?

southern_cross 7 years ago |

So they originally stole these seeds, or at least acquired them through some other illicit means, and are now trying to hide behind local laws which allow them to save seeds from one harvest to the next. PepsiCo probably isn't the bad guy here.

bluesilver07 7 years ago |

It is now offering to settle with the farmers - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/apr/26/pepsico-acc...