Juul Lobs Second Round of Suits Against E-Cigarette Rivals
- Vaping giant files another ITC complaint as scrutiny builds
- Juul, popular with teens, files mirror claims throughout U.S.
A Juul Labs Inc. e-cigarette
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Juul Labs Inc., the maker of an e-cigarette wildly popular with American teens, has lobbed a second round of litigation against what it says are copycats, even as it faces criticism that its products appeal to underage consumers.
Juul filed its second patent-infringement complaint on Tuesday with the U.S. International Trade Commission, seeking to block sales of competing e-cigarette devices and nicotine cartridges made by 24 companies mostly in China and Uruguay. Juul filed a similar complaint with the ITC against more than a dozen companies on Oct. 3.