Philip Morris Denied Emergency Request to Continue IQOS Imports

A U.S. appeals court rejected a request by Philip Morris and partner Altria for an order that would have let them immediately resume importing and selling the IQOS heated-tobacco sticks.

• While the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied a request for a temporary stay, it give Reynolds American and the International Trade Commission until next week to respond to Philip Morris’s request that the import ban be put on hold while it challenges a patent-infringement case won by Reynolds at the agency
• The import ban, and an order to stop selling already imported goods took effect Nov. ...