‘Bad legal advice’ led Smoore to pursue patent case it was never going to win

A claim brought by Smoore Technology before the US International Trade Commission (ITC) alleging 38 cannabis companies had infringed the Chinese firm’s intellectual property (IP) rights had very little chance of success, according to patent law experts.

The ITC ruled in an initial determination that there had been no violations by several North American companies producing cannabinoid vaping products.

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Antonia Di Lorenzo

Assistant news editor/senior reporter
Antonia is a member of the editorial team and holds a masters degree in Law from the University of Naples Federico II, Italy. She moved in 2013 to London, where she completed a postgraduate course at the London School of Journalism. In the UK, she worked as a news reporter for a financial newswire and a magazine before moving to Barcelona in 2019.

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