Federal Circuit Rejects Rehearing Bid In E-Cig Patent Dispute

Mealey's ( March 13, 2025, 2:29 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals rejected requests for rehearing from electronic cigarette entity R.J. Reynolds Vapor Co. (RJR), leaving in place a partially split panel’s affirmation of a jury’s award of more than $95 million against the company for infringing on another company’s pod-based tobacco vapor technology....