Big Tobacco Goes After Independents - ECF Infozone Article

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A new article has been posted on the ECF Infozone: Imperial tobacco (Players and other cigarette brands) has made its move. This week the British tobacco megalith filed a lawsuit (through its subsidiary Fontem Ventures, registered in the Netherlands) against a number of US makers of electronic cigarettes (most of them non-Big tobacco) for infringement of intellectual property rights it had acquired a few months […]
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[jpargana]

Here's my response to that nonsense: people in general must know that "BT is taking over the e-cig business" is a big lie.

"Does BT really own the patent for propylene glycol, vegetable gliceryn, purified water and some flavourings - all things that have been around way before the e-cig even made it's appearance? It's like having to pay someone, if you buy vodka and lemon juice at the supermarket, and then mix them in your own home...!
Who owns the patent for a metal tube with a switch and a rechargeable battery? The first MOD's were actually MODified from metal flashlights - long before BT even dreamed of sticking their nose in the e-cig business!
BT has only recently joined the e-cig industry. BT is about to sell the most OBSOLETE, INEFFECTIVE e-cigs (1st generationn devices), in a time the independent manufacturers themselves, who have been around for much longer, and actually KNOW the business, have moved on to much better 2nd/3rd generation devices. So: BT is a noob in the e-cig industry. BT is about to sell crappy, outdated devices. That does not keep BT from acting as if they actually owned the business, and as if they offered the BEST devices, that others now want to clone. Not quite... NO serious manufacturer wants to 'copy' the crappy, outdated BS that BT wants to push to new vapers, thankyouverymuch...!"