PHILIP MORRIS SUES WEB SITES FOR ILLEGAL SALES
Philip Morris USA, a unit of Altria Group Inc, said on Tuesday
that it had filed two federal lawsuits against Web site
operators, saying they were selling illegally imported
cigarettes bearing its own and the Marlboro trademarks.
The lawsuits said the owners or operators of
www.paylessmoke.com, www.cigmall.net and a number of related
Internet sites were violating the Imported Cigarette Compliance
Act of 2000 by selling Philip Morris cigarettes manufactured for
sale abroad, not in the United States.
