In response to inquiries from customers and other interested parties, Mallet and Company (Mallet), a wholly owned subsidiary of Vantage Specialty Chemicals, Inc. (Vantage), provides the following information and court filings regarding an April 11, 2025 jury verdict which found that Bundy Baking Solutions and its affiliate, Synova, misappropriated the trade secrets of Mallet and Company. This included trade secrets related to Mallet’s release agent products. The jury also found in favor of Mallet on several other claims.
With the jury having ruled in Mallet’s favor, Mallet has now requested injunctive relief to prevent Bundy Baking Solutions and Synova from using the Mallet trade secrets the jury found they misappropriated. Mallet’s Motion for a Permanent Injunction also seeks other relief based upon the jury’s verdict, designed to ensure Mallet’s non-disclosure and other agreements with its employees are respected by Bundy Baking Solutions and Synova going forward.
Mallet and Vantage have, and continue to be, leaders in food processing aid technology, including release agents. After several years of litigation, the company looks forward to the eventual resolution of this matter, as it continues to provide its valued customers with market-leading release agent solutions.
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About the Verdict
On April 11, 2025, following a week-long trial, a federal jury in Pittsburgh awarded Mallet and Company $7.25 million in damages from Bundy Baking Solutions and Synova. The jury found that Bundy and Synova misappropriated Mallet’s trade secrets when they launched their Synova release-agent business in 2019. The jury awarded punitive damages based on the finding that the misappropriation was “willful and malicious.” The jury also concluded that Bundy and Synova had engaged in unfair competition against Mallet and chose to award punitive damages for conduct deemed “outrageous.”
A summary of the jury’s verdict can be found in Mallet and Company’s recently filed brief in support of its Motion for Permanent Injunction:
What's Next in the Mallet/Synova Litigation
Although a federal jury found in Mallet’s favor, the litigation is not over. According to Mallet’s Brief in Support of Its Motion for Preliminary Injunction, filed on April 21, 2025: