Snapchat, YouTube, Apple and Google must provide information on their age certification systems and how they prevent items such as vapes from being sold to kids, the European Commission said Friday as it launched investigations under the Digital Services Act.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
The International Trade Commission seeks comments by Oct. 2 on a Section 337 complaint alleging that imports of vaporizer devices infringe patents held by NJOY, Altria and their subsidiaries, it said in a notice released Sept. 24. According to the complaint, NJOY is seeking a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against Juul Labs, Inc. to bar from entry "certain vaporizer devices, cartridges used therewith, and components thereof" that violate its patents. This is the latest in a series of dueling Section 337 complaints by NJOY and Juul, and the ITC is currently investigating a similar complaint by Juul filed in August (see 2509100017).
The International Trade Commission began a Section 337 investigation on allegations that NJOY and Altria Group, and their subsidiaries, are importing and selling vaporizer devices that infringe patents held by Juul Labs, Inc. (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1460), it said in a Sept. 9 press release.
The International Trade Commission seeks comments by Aug. 21 on a Section 337 complaint alleging that imports of vaporizer devices infringe patents held by Juul Labs, Inc., it said in an Aug. 13 notice. According to the complaint, Juul is seeking a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against NJOY, Altria and their subsidiaries to bar from entry "certain vaporizer devices, cartridges used therewith, and components thereof" that violate its patents. This is Juul's fifth Section 337 complaint in the past seven years to "stop the unlawful importation of vaporizer devices and components thereof," according to the complaint.
The Canada Border Services Agency recently issued a list of compliance and verification “priorities” for imported goods to alert traders about where it’s focusing its inspection and enforcement efforts.
The following are short summaries of recent CBP NY rulings issued by the agency's National Commodity Specialist Division in New York:
Three congressional representatives sent a letter to the heads of the DOJ, DHS and the FDA, urging them to act against e-cigarette imports from China.
The International Trade Commission is issuing a limited exclusion order banning imports of vaporizer devices and their cartridges (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1368) from the U.S. company NJOY and its affiliates, it said in a notice to be published Feb. 4. Additionally, the ITC issued cease and desist orders against the respondents but imposed no bond for covered articles imported or sold during the period of presidential review. The order concludes a Section 337 investigation the ITC launched in August 2023, based on allegations by Juul that NJOY and its affiliates are importing vaping devices and components that infringe four patents owned by Juul.
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated between Dec. 4 and Dec. 6 with the following headquarters ruling (ruling revocations and modifications will be detailed elsewhere in a separate article as they are announced in the Customs Bulletin):