Remesh Sues Kantar over 'Copycat' Products

New York-based research platform Remesh has filed a lawsuit against Kantar, accusing it of 'misappropriating' Remesh's trade secrets, as well as breach of contract, copyright infringement and other related claims. Kantar says the claims are 'unsupported by any fact.'

Remesh offers a hybrid insights platform allowing clients to talk to an audience of up to a thousand people, either live, asynchronous, or via video. The platform combines qual and quant questions, and can analyze responses and report on findings in real time.

The lawsuit, filed on September 16th in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, cites Kantar Group Limited and its subsidiaries Kantar LLC and Kantar China. In the course of a customer relationship beginning more than nine years ago, Remesh says it shared confidential access to its software platform with Kantar, and that Kantar released unauthorized 'copycat' products in June 2025, on the Kantar Live, Kantar ART and Kantar ART AI platforms - in breach of federal intellectual property laws, as well as Kantar's contractual obligations to Remesh. The complaint also alleges that Kantar incorporated Remesh's proprietary software into at least one U.S. patent application.

Gary Ellis (pictured), CEO of Remesh, states: 'We filed this lawsuit to protect our valuable intellectual property and business interests. We are confident that the legal process will vindicate our position.'

Responding to the claims Rebecca Symondson, Kantar's General Counsel, said in a statement to DRNO: 'As a business built on innovation and intellectual property, we understand and value all IP rights. Our rigorous examination of Remesh's claims - which were communicated in initial correspondence in vague and non-specific terms followed by a refusal to specify further when requested - has found them to be unsupported by any fact. We transparently shared this with Remesh, so it is disappointing they have resorted to this route. We will defend ourselves against this action and protect our reputation as an industry innovator.'

Remesh, Inc., v. Kantar LLC, et al, is case 1:25-cv-07700.

Web sites: www.remesh.ai and www.kantar.com .

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