Philip Morris Seeks Emergency Order to Continue IQOS U.S. Sales

Philip Morris and partner Altria asked a U.S. appeals court to let it continue importing IQOS heated-tobacco sticks in the U.S. while it challenges a patent-infringement case won by Reynolds American at the International Trade Commission.

• Philip Morris has asked the ITC to put on hold an import ban, which took effect Nov. 29, but those requests are rarely granted so it’s turning to the nation’s top patent court for an emergency stay
• “The orders are causing significant and irreparable injury, including lost revenue, lost market share, employee layoffs, and reputational harm,” Philip Morris said in a filing Monday with ...