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15 October 2019Saman Javed

UPL ordered to pay AgroFresh $31m for trade secrets theft

Indian chemical manufacturer  UPL has been ordered to pay US-based  AgroFresh Solutions $31 million after a jury ruled that it had stolen the company’s trade secrets and infringed one of its patents.

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