Impossible Targets Ginkgo in Ongoing Faux Meat Patent Suit (1)

Impossible Foods Inc.'s patent lawsuit against an upstart plant-based meat rival was expanded Monday to include Boston-based Ginkgo Bioworks Inc.

Impossible’s amended complaint in its lawsuit against Motif Foodworks, adding Ginkgo, a maker of yeasts for flavors and fragrances started by an MIT engineer.

Ginkgo spun off Motif and remains a major investor in the company, according to the filing. Impossible sued Motif in March 2022, alleging that a key ingredient in its products it calls hemami, which contains artificially produced bovine myoglobin, infringes seven of Impossible’s patents.

Ginkgo, according to the latest version of the suit, “has sought to ...