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Jump to full article: AP, 2008-02-29
Author: MICHAEL FELBERBAUM
Intro: Philip Morris USA, the nation's No. 1 tobacco company, said Friday it filed a lawsuit accusing a company of importing counterfeit cigarettes and unauthorized use of the Marlboro trademark.
Philip Morris filed the federal suit in U.S. District Court in California on Thursday against Nice Pak Products Inc., an Orangeburg, N.Y., company that makes pre-moistened wipes.
Last August, U.S. Customs and Border Protection confiscated about 26,900 cartons of counterfeit cigarettes at the Port of Los Angeles. Nice Pak Products was listed as the importer. . . .
Anthony Cerasuolo, corporate controller for Nice Pak, said a glitch caused the company's named to be tied to the paperwork.
"It has nothing to do with Nice Pak whatsoever," said Cerasuolo, who added the government notified them that "it doesn't apply to us."
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