Juul Seeks Ban on New NJoy Daily, Ace Vapes on Patent Claims (1)

Juul Labs Inc. accused an Altria Group Inc. unit of infringing a recently issued nicotine-salt patent, the latest salvo in a multi-pronged legal conflict over NJoy’s new vaping products.

The NJoy Daily and a redesigned version of the Ace use nicotine-salt formulations to deliver cigarette-like “satisfaction,” infringing Juul’s US Patent No. 12,156,533, according to a complaint filed Aug. 8 in the US District Court for the District of Arizona. The lawsuit seeks damages and a permanent injunction, while Juul’s concurrently filed complaint at the US International Trade Commission seeks to block imports of the same products.

The patent, issued ...