VGOD Inc.

VGOD Inc. is a private company founded in 2013 that manufactures and sells vaping products. Headquartered in California, the company's name is an acronym for Vape Group Organized Distribution. VGOD operates as an unfunded, private entity and information regarding its employee count and revenue is not publicly available.

The company designs and manufactures a wide range of vaping hardware and e-liquids. Its product lines include disposable and refillable pod systems, vape mods, tanks, and accessories. VGOD also produces a large selection of e-liquids, also known as vape juice, with various flavor profiles available in both freebase and salt nicotine formulations. The company markets its products by promoting a "vape lifestyle" culture associated with artistic expression and vape "tricking."

As a litigant, VGOD has been a defendant and not a plaintiff in the single patent case tracked in our database. This posture is consistent with that of an operating company defending its products against patent assertions. The company is not a non-practicing entity (NPE) and does not appear to engage in offensive patent litigation.

The company's only tracked case is VPR Brands, LP v. XL Vape LLC et al., where VGOD was a co-defendant. The plaintiff, VPR Brands, alleged that VGOD's auto-draw (buttonless) vaping devices infringed on its patent (U.S. Patent No. 8,205,622). The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. In March 2022, the parties reached a settlement where VGOD and its co-defendants paid $155,000 for a royalty-free license to the patent. VPR Brands has filed similar infringement lawsuits against dozens of other companies in the vaping industry.