BAT vs Philip Morris

April 2020: British American Tobacco files patent suits against Philip Morris' IQOS products

British American Tobacco said on Thursday it had filed patent infringement challenges against Philip Morris International Inc in the United States, the UK and Germany over the heating technology used in its iQOS tobacco products.

The Lucky Strike cigarette maker said it had brought two actions in the United States against Philip Morris, one through the International Trade Commission (ITC) and one in the district court of eastern Virginia that includes remedies for damages caused as well as an injunction..

What are IQOS devices: IQOS devices are heat tobacco-filled sticks wrapped in paper that generate an aerosol containing nicotine. They are also different from e-cigarettes such as Juul, which vaporizes a nicotine-filled liquid.