Reynolds Owes Philip Morris $11 Million Over E-Vapor Patents (2)

British American Tobacco Plc’s RJ Reynolds Vapor Co. and RAI Strategic Holdings Inc. owe Philip Morris Products SA $10.76 million after a federal jury in Virginia found Wednesday that each of two e-vapor products from Reynolds’ Vuse line infringes one of two patents held by the Philip Morris International Inc. subsidiary.

Philip Morris had alleged that Reynolds’ Vuse Solo G2 and Vuse Alto infringe one patent, and that the Alto also infringes another patent. Jurors in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia rejected infringement allegations only as to the Alto for the patent that the Solo ...