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28 May 2021PatentsAlex Baldwin

BAT’s Vuse vapes infringe Fuma e-cig patents

British American Tobacco’s (BAT) Vuse e-cigarettes infringe patents owned by rival tobacco company  Fuma International, a US court has ruled, with one remaining infringement issue to be decided at trial.

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