VIRIDIAN RESOURCES, L.L.C. v. INCO LIMITED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY VIRIDIAN RESOURCES, LLC, Civil No.: 2:18-cv-15021 (KSH) (CLW) Plaintiff, v. INCO LIMITED, n/k/a VALE CANADA LIMITED, OPIN ION Defendant. Katharine S. Hayden, U.S.D.J. I. Introduction Plaintiff Viridian Resources LLC’s (“Viridian”) owns “phytomining” technology, a process that uses plants to extract metals from soil. Beginning in 1995, Viridian and defendant Inco Limited, n/k/a Vale Canada Limited (“Vale”), which owns mining rights overseas, explored ways by which Vale’s mining operations could incorporate Viridian’s…