ITC Seeks Comments on Section 337 Complaint on Vapes

The International Trade Commission seeks comments by Nov. 25 on a Section 337 complaint alleging that imports of vaporizer devices infringe patents held by Juul Labs, it said in a Nov. 17 notice in the Federal Register. According to the complaint, the complainants are seeking a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against U.S. company Glas, Inc. to bar from entry "certain vaporizer devices, cartridges used therewith, and components thereof" that violate their patents. Juul said in the complaint that this is the company's sixth Section 337 Complaint in the past seven years "to stop the unlawful importation of vaporizer devices and components thereof."