Juul Gets Restraining Order on Fake Chinese E-Cigarettes

  • Federal judge freezes PayPal accounts of Chinese entities
  • ‘Scale of counterfeit Juul products is alarming,’ CEO says
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Juul Labs Inc. took a step toward keeping Chinese e-cigarette products falsely using the Juul name off the market.

The company filed trademark claims against 30 entities in China for selling counterfeit Juul-brand devices and nicotine pods on EBay Inc., according to a statement Tuesday. Juul was granted a temporary restraining order late last month by a judge in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, who froze the PayPal accounts of those businesses.