Driscoll’s Gave China Its Blueberries—Then China Swiped the Secret to Growing Them - WSJ
archive.today webpage capture Saved from history←priornext→ 15 Sep 2026 07:01:25 UTC All snapshots from host www.wsj.com WebpageScreenshot sharedownload .zipreport bug or abuseBuy me a coffee The Wall Street Journal BUSINESS Driscoll’s Gave China Its Blueberries—Then China Swiped the Secret to Growing Them California grower’s expansion into China ignited local competition and widespread IP theft; undercover investigators at nurseries Blueberries on sale in a market in Kunming, China. By Jon Emont | Photography by Qilai Shen for WSJ Sept. 14, 2026 9:00 pm ET Quick Summary U.S. fruit grower Driscoll’s faced intense Chinese competition and widespread intellectual-property theft after expanding blueberry farming into China. Chinese entrepreneurs rapidly built rival farms, copied greenhouse designs and swiped Driscoll’s patent-protected blueberry varieties. Driscoll’s has filed more than 20 lawsuits in China against companies, some of which it said took, propagated and sold its propr