ITC Receives Signed Assurances From Vape Companies That They Will Not Infringe TM of Shenzhen Smoore Technology Subsidiary CCELL

In order to further stop the continued use of imported goods that infringe CCELL patents and trademark, CCELL has filed a Section 337 Unfair Import complaint with the ITC and filed a patent and trademark infringing litigation in the Federal District Court. An interesting case considering the current political and trade differences between the US & China. In the complaint, Smoore and CCELL state that its patented technology relates to the structure and function of atomizers, cartridges, mouthpieces, vaporizers, and vaping assemblies accused of infringements and other vaping devices that are used for vaping purposes. The trademark being infringed on is a standard character CCELL mark that Smoore markets, advertises, and sells vaporizer products, such as electronic cigarettes, oral vaporizers for smokers, and vaporizer cartridges. These differences haven’t stopped the US trade body the ITC from pursuing US manufacturers who are currently infringing a Chinese company’s trademark   On November 4, 2021, the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) instituted Investigation No. 337-TA-1286, in Certain Oil-Vaping Cartridges, Components Thereof, and Products Containing the Same.