On Nov. 20, 2018, Juul Labs, Inc. (“JLI”) filed a complaint at the ITC alleging violations of Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended. JLI, creator of JUUL ENDS devices, identifies twenty-five respondents as allegedly infringing one or more of five U.S. patents (“asserted patents”) owned by JLI. The asserted patents are each related to cartridges or “pods” for use in vaporizer devices. JLI identifies various cartridges/nicotine delivery “pods” that are manufactured for or by the respondents as the infringing articles. JLI requests from the Commission a permanent limited exclusion order to bar from entry into the United States the Accused Products, a permanent cease-and-desist order prohibiting Respondents from importing, marketing, distributing, repairing, providing warranty services, selling, offering for sale, or selling after importation into the United States the various identified ENDS products and related components.
