July 06, 2026
A California federal judge has freed the company behind the Barefoot Wine brand from a lawsuit alleging it infringed an irrigation consultant's patents, saying the experimental irrigation systems don't actually do all of what the patents cover.
January 05, 2021
The California winery behind the Barefoot Wine brand can't stick a cork in patent infringement claims lodged by an irrigation consultant, a federal judge has ruled.
October 21, 2019
A vineyard management and consulting firm says leading California wine distributor E. & J. Gallo Winery stole its automated vineyard management technology and is now taking credit for the invention, according to a patent infringement suit filed Friday in California federal court.