NEPA 2 Wholesale, LLC

NEPA 2 Wholesale, LLC is a private company based in West Palm Beach, Florida. According to business records, the company was founded in 2018 and is registered as active with the Florida Division of Corporations. It operates as a single-location wholesaler specializing in durable goods. Publicly available information estimates its size at 5 to 10 employees with annual sales in the range of $10 million to $24.9 million, though these figures are not officially confirmed.

The company is a wholesale distributor that serves convenience stores, gas stations, and smoke shops. Its product lines include tobacco products, electronic cigarettes and vaporizers, snacks, beverages, health and beauty items, and automotive accessories. State licensing records confirm NEPA 2 Wholesale holds a license for tobacco product distribution. The company also owns a Florida trademark for the "HQD CUVIE PLUS" brand of electronic cigarettes and oral vaporizers.

As a defendant in one tracked patent case, NEPA 2 Wholesale, LLC has the litigation posture of an operating company defending its business. The company has not been recorded as a plaintiff. Its single case was filed in the Southern District of Florida, not a venue commonly associated with high-volume patent assertion campaigns.

The notable case involving NEPA 2 Wholesale was VPR Brands, LP v. HQDTech USA LLC et al., filed in May 2021. The plaintiff, VPR Brands, alleged infringement of a patent (U.S. Patent No. 8,205,622) related to "auto-draw" technology used in button-less vaporizers and e-cigarettes. VPR Brands, which has filed numerous similar lawsuits against other companies in the vaping industry, announced in December 2021 that the case against both HQDTech and NEPA 2 Wholesale was settled for a sum greater than $275,000.