Jan 29 (Reuters) - A U.S. trade tribunal sided with Juul

Labs on Wednesday and ordered a ban on imports of vaping devices

and cartridges made by Altria's ( MO ) NJOY - at least some of

which are made in China and Malaysia - in a patent dispute over

e-cigarette technology.

The U.S. International Trade Commission found that NJOY's

ACE devices violated Juul's patent rights in vaporizer

innovations. As a result of the decision, an import ban on the

devices will take effect unless the Office of the U.S. Trade

Representative in Republican President Donald Trump's new

administration does not overturn it for public policy reasons.