Juul Launches Legal Fight Against Black Market Vaping Cartridges

<-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/1631911D%20US%20Equity","_id":"00000173-48c0-d229-a177-ddfb143f0000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Juul Labs Inc. launched an aggressive legal campaign to halt what it calls a “seemingly endless stream” of black market cartridges for its e-cigarettes.

The vaping company filed a patent-infringement complaint at the <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/13361Z%20US%20Equity","_id":"00000173-48c0-d229-a177-ddfb143f0001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington, naming more than four dozen companies it says are importing copycat cartridges for the e-cigarettes. It’s seeking a blanket order that would block imports of any unauthorized cartridges.

The complaint -- as well as some four-dozen patent-infringement lawsuits filed in federal courts around the U.S. over the past few days -- are part of what the San Francisco-based company paints as ...