Furore over PepsiCo India’s lawsuit against four Indian farmers over the latter’s alleged planting of a patented potato variety has yet to die down, despite the firm’s willingness to withdraw the lawsuit and ‘amicably’ settle.
Nestle Malaysia has been slapped with a written summons over the alleged ‘unauthorised and/or unlawful’ use of a QR code by a technology company, which is suing for the sum of RM139mn (US$34mn).