Philip Morris Faces Import Ban in Reynolds Patent Fight
- Philip Morris infringes two Reynolds patents, trade judge says
- PMI, Altria face risk of import ban on cigarette alternative
A Philip Morris International Inc. iQOS electronic cigarette.
Photographer: Akio Kon/Bloomberg
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Philip Morris International Inc. is facing a possible import ban of its IQOS heated-tobacco sticks to the U.S. after it lost the first round of a legal trade battle with British American Tobacco Plc.
Philip Morris and Altria Group Inc. infringes two patents owned by BAT’s subsidiary Reynolds American Inc., International Trade Commission Judge Clark Cheney said in a notice on the agency’s website.