Here is a news notice that was on the e-cig.com website.
Terrible Lie: We Are Closed?!
Right now, there is big news from some company announcing that E-Cig is an illicit manufacturer of electronic cigarettes and accessories and has been ordered by the court to destroy all of its existing stock of inventory and agree to never engage in the electronic cigarette business again.
E-Cig has made E-Cigar and E-Pipe at the beginning with the similar technology as Ruyan. The technology applied in the E-Cigar and E-Pipe was so bad so that E-Cig had to invent the new technology with the other manufacturer to meet the market needs. The E-Cig atomizing technology and it's products have been innovated a lot since the first generation of the electronic cigarette.
It is true that Ruyan made a lawsuit against E-Cig for the Infringement for the Ruyan's patent No. 200420031182,0. The court has thoroughly examined the case and made finally the following decisions, on 20th January 2009, which have been agreed by the both parties E-Cig and Ruyan:
1. E-Cig has made E-Cigar and E-Pipe before using the similar technology as Ruyan, should stop to produce the E-Cigar and E-Pipe products and destroy the existing stock of inventory for the E-Cigar and E-Pipe products.
2. E-Cig pays RMB￥100,000 (equivalent to only $14,600 US Dollars) compensation to Ruyan for the damages.
3. All the other E-Cig products, such as E-Cigarette, E-Cigarillo, E-MiniCig, E-Cig E8, E-Cig E9, USB-
ecig U8, USB-
ecig U9, USB-
ecig U9m etc. are using it's own new technology actually. There is no Infringement for the Ruyan's patent No. 200420031182,0.
4. The both parts agree to do not make any announcement in any news or advertisement with wrongful mispresentation of the court decision for the business purpose.
For some ulterior selfish motives, Ruyan has violated the court decision and the agreement. From Ruyan announcement, E-Cig is an illicit manufacturer of electronic cigarettes and accessories and has been ordered by the court to destroy all of its existing stock of inventory and agree to never engage in the electronic cigarette business again. Now, it is now believed in the world that E-Cig would be closed. We understand very well some people were really dreaming that E-Cig would be out of the business so that they could monopolize the electronic cigarette market with the outdated technology.
By providing constant innovation and highly competitively-priced products, E-Cig has become the world's #1 choice for the electronic cigarette products; E-Cig.com has become the world largest B to C and B to B commercial website for the electronic cigarette products. Ruyan can not monopolize and control the electronic cigarette market any more.
For developing the E-Cig products, we have the Patents: 2006301649379, 2006301649383, ZL2006 2 0135072.8, ZL2005 2 0031712.6 and applied the patents with the patent pending number: 200620119250.8, 200620167599.9, 200820005536.2, 200510017951.0, and 200710054948.5. Our comprehensive products which represent the new generation of electronic cigarette products are completely different from Ruyan products from the inside structure to the outside looking. We will continuously do our best to provide the constant innovation.
We will never be closed. On the contrary, we have cleared the garbage products which could not meet the market needs, and concentrate now on our own new products; and we will be growing much quicker and quicker again.
We will never be closed. On the contrary, we have cleared the important obstacle which stood before our path, and concentrate now on our own new way; and we will be developing much bigger and bigger again.
We have never agreed or claimed that we would never engage in the electronic cigarette business again. On the contrary, we will engage in the electronic cigarette business FOREVER ......
E-Cig
Feb. 24, 2009
. Every week something new unfolds. I've quit guessing about what the future holds for these. There is so much going on behind closed doors we haven't a clue about. Could be good, could be bad (I think it's good though!). 
