Juul Seeks to Bar Altria Use of UCSF Records in Vape-Patent Case

Juul Labs Inc. asked an Arizona federal judge to bar Altria Group Inc. and its NJoy units from using documents Juul says were inadvertently uploaded to a public University of California at San Francisco database that could undermine its nicotine-salt vape patent.

Juul sought a protective order blocking discovery and use of the records, while NJoy opposed the request and accused Juul of trying to hide evidence that it misled the US Patent and Trademark Office, according to the parties’ joint discovery dispute statement filed Dec. 24 in the US District Court for the District of Arizona.

The ruling could ...