US: NJOY, Inc. Settles Lawsuit with Victory Electronic Cigarettes

Source from:  CBS MarketWatch  05/21/2014

NJOY, Inc., the country's leading independent manufacturer of electronic cigarettes, announced today that it has settled its lawsuit filed against Victory Electronic Cigarettes and Victory Electronic Cigarettes, Inc. in the United Stated District Court for the District of Arizona for patent and trade dress infringement. In the suit, NJOY alleged that Victory e-cigarettes infringe patented technology used in the NJOY disposable King cigarette (U.S. Patent No. 8,539,959) and that Victory e-cigarette cases infringe NJOY's trade dress rights protecting its uniquely identifiable King case.

In response to NJOY's lawsuit, Victory has agreed to stop selling the accused e-cigarettes and cases. NJOY will continue to vigorously enforce its valuable intellectual property against those who appropriate its value by using it without NJOY's permission.

NJOY is represented by Perry Viscounty, Ryan Owens, Gunnar Gundersen, and Patrick Justman of Latham & Watkins, LLP and Andrew M. Federhar and Ray Harris of Fennemore Craig, P.C. Enditem