The California strawberry may look like any other fruit, if redder and juicier than most. But that appearance conceals surprising drama. The latest from columnist hiltzikm
A rumor emerged that UC was planning to shut the breeding program down when the two scientists retired; the university denied it and accused Shaw and Larson of spreading the rumor themselves to drum up business for California Berry Cultivars, their firm.The university hired a new breeder, Steven Knapp, and discovered that Shaw and Larson had taken reams of crucial documentation with them when they left, and that they refused to turn it over to Knapp.
But Chhabria wasn’t satisfied. As soon as the jurors filed out of his courtroom, he told the parties, “Both sides are to blame for this dispute.” Although the scientists had acted badly by absconding with their plants, he said, the university hadn’t shown that it cared much about the program until it was forced to go to court.
CBC has hinted that the same motivation may lurk behind the Driscoll’s lawsuit, but Driscoll’s says its motivation is straightforward: “The reason for this suit is that Driscoll’s, like UC, is a victim of CBC’s intellectual property theft,” its general counsel, Tom O’Brien, told me in an email. “Driscoll’s is not associated with UC in this lawsuit.”
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