Photo by Zachary DeBottis Some More Nuggets on the BBQ Sauce Case Last year, this blog covered a case where the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals requested that the California Supreme Court issue a decision in accordance with Cal. R. Ct. 8.548(b) because it determined that there was no controlling precedent. New England Country Foods, LLC v. VanLaw Food Products, Inc. , 567 P.3d 63 (Cal. 2025). For regular readers, it was the blog on a barbecue sauce clone. Recall the key facts.