Illegal monopoly tactics and “abusive litigation” are how a Chinese company became the world’s largest maker of vaporizer devices in the cannabis industry, according to federal court filings.
In a counterclaim filed June 14 in federal court in California, Seattle-based marijuana vape maker Next Level Ventures claims Shenzhen Smoore Technology Co. has been waging a “years-long battle to unlawfully restrain competition in … the closed cannabis vaporizer market” based on false patent claims.
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Smoore, which markets vape devices under its CCell brand, has not yet responded to the claim, according to court records.
The saga began in 2021, when Smoore filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), accusing 38 U.S.-based companies that it marketed vaporizer devices to -including Next Level –
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