Recipe Agreement Between Schilling Cider and Incline Cider Goes Cideways

Dear Client:  A long-running partnership between Washington-based Schilling Cider and Incline Cider Co. has erupted into a legal battle over who owns the formulas behind Incline’s ciders – and whether Schilling is merely protecting its investment and intellectual property or, as Incline alleges, trying to force its former partner into submission. The two companies began working together in 2015 (the founding year of Incline Cider), with Schilling developing and producing Incline’s ciders at its Auburn, Washington facility. In fact, Schilling