Awakend Zenith patent trial pushed back to November 2023
The Awakend Zenith patent dispute was set to be decided at trial on March 28th, 2023.
Following a stipulation filed on January 2nd, a new November 2023 trial date has been set.
The main reasons behind the requested delay are defendant First Fruits Business Ministry filing for bankruptcy, and their filing of an amended second counterclaim. Both these events took place last October.
As per the January 2nd stipulation filing;
The current case management dates and trial date are not feasible in light of First Fruits Business Ministry LLC’s bankruptcy filing and the recently-filed Second Amended Counterclaim.
The stipulation proposed a November 13th trial date. A January 4th order set a November 14th trial date.
It should be noted that while the trial will have a significant impact on Awakend, the lawsuit is between formulator Tripharma (now Vietal Nutrition) and FFBM.
Pending resolution of the ongoing patent dispute, Awakend began shipping Zenith out with a different formula in November.
The extended trail start date isn’t that much of a surprise considering the FFBM bankruptcy and the second amended counterclaim.
The FFBM counterclaim went into some serious detail on the corporate structure of the Awakend pyramid re: the identity and earnings of distributor reps and how those funds paid out could count as renumeration damages for FFBM in the event the that the trial ends in their favor.