COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES	NOTE 10. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES *Legal Proceedings* There were two lawsuits in connection with alleged claimed battery defects for an electronic cigarette device. One has been dismissed by the court wherein the plaintiff settled with the Company’s insurance carrier with no economic impact to the Company. In the second lawsuit, as of December 31, 2023, the Company had reached an arrangement with the plaintiff to resolve the matter, limiting potential exposure to $1.5 million which was reflected in accounts payable and accrued expenses, representing management’s estimate of the probable settlement amount based on the current status of discussions. This arrangement was formalized by a signed agreement on July 1, 2024 and the Company has accrued $1.5 million at June 30, 2024. As of June 30, 2025, the Company already paid $1.5 million. On November 30, 2020, the Company filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Philip Morris USA, Inc., and Philip Morris Products S.A. in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. The lawsuit alleges infringement on HCMC-owned patent(s) by the Philip Morris product known and marketed as “IQOS®”. Philip Morris claims that it was approaching 14 million users of its IQOS® product and had reportedly invested over $3 billion in their smokeless tobacco products. On December 3, 2021, the District Court for the Northern District of Georgia effectively dismissed HCMC’s patent infringement action against Philip Morris USA, Inc., and Philip Morris Products S.A. On December 14, 2021, the Company filed an appeal of the District Court for the Northern District of Georgia’s dismissal of the Company’s patent infringement action against Philip Morris USA, Inc., and Philip Morris Products S.A. On December 31, 2021, the District Court for the Northern District of Georgia effectively dismissed HCMC’s patent infringement action against Philip Morris USA, Inc. and Philip Morris Products S.A. In connection with such dismissal, the defendants sought to recover attorney’s fees from the Plaintiff. On February 22, 2022, the District Court for the Northern District of Georgia granted the defendant’s an award of approximately $575,000 in attorneys’ fees to be paid by the Company. The Company fully provisioned this amount as of December 31, 2021. HCMC appealed this ruling on June 22, 2022. On April 12, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled in favor of HCMC on two separate appeals it had filed in its patent infringement action against Philip Morris USA, Inc. and Philip Morris Products S.A. pending in the district court for the Northern District of Georgia. In the first appeal, HCMC appealed the ruling of the District Court dismissing HCMC’s patent infringement action and denying HCMC’s motion to amend its pleading. In the second appeal, HCMC appealed the District Court’s award of attorneys’ fees to Philip Morris. In its decisions, the Federal Circuit ruled for HCMC by reversing both of those decisions and remanded the case back to the District Court for further proceedings. As a result of the ruling, the Company reversed the $575,000, which was previously fully provisioned, during the three months ended March 31, 2023. On September 26, 2023, HCMC filed a patent infringement lawsuit against R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company (“RJR”) in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina in connection with HCMC’s assertions that RJR’s Vuse electronic cigarette infringes one of HCMC’s patents. On November 17, 2023, RJR filed a motion to dismiss the action. HCMC opposed on December 22, 2023. To date the court has not ruled on the motion. On September 18, 2024, RJR filed an inter partes review of the patent-in-suit at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”). A decision on institution will be made by the USPTO sometime after January 2025. On November 22, 2024, HCMC received a ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (the “Federal Circuit”) denying an appeal of HCMC of a decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board (the “Board”) relating to the inter partes review of an HCMC patent. The Board had ruled that the previously granted HCMC patent that served as the basis of HCMC’s patent infringement action against Philip Morris USA, Inc. and Philip Morris Products S.A. was not patentable and denied of HCMC’s request to amend the claims if invalidity of the patent was affirmed. On December 31, 2024, HCMC voluntarily dismissed the action in the Northern District of Georgia without prejudice and the case was terminated. From time to time the Company is involved in legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of our business. We believe that there is no other litigation pending that is likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations as of June 30, 2025. With respect to legal costs, we record such costs as incurred.

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2025

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

NOTE 10. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Legal Proceedings

There were two lawsuits in connection with alleged claimed battery defects for an electronic cigarette device. One has been dismissed by the court wherein the plaintiff settled with the Company’s insurance carrier with no economic impact to the Company. In the second lawsuit, as of December 31, 2023, the Company had reached an arrangement with the plaintiff to resolve the matter, limiting potential exposure to $1.5 million which was reflected in accounts payable and accrued expenses, representing management’s estimate of the probable settlement amount based on the current status of discussions. This arrangement was formalized by a signed agreement on July 1, 2024 and the Company has accrued $1.5 million at June 30, 2024. As of June 30, 2025, the Company already paid $1.5 million.

On November 30, 2020, the Company filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Philip Morris USA, Inc., and Philip Morris Products S.A. in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. The lawsuit alleges infringement on HCMC-owned patent(s) by the Philip Morris product known and marketed as “IQOS®”. Philip Morris claims that it was approaching 14 million users of its IQOS® product and had reportedly invested over $3 billion in their smokeless tobacco products. On December 3, 2021, the District Court for the Northern District of Georgia effectively dismissed HCMC’s patent infringement action against Philip Morris USA, Inc., and Philip Morris Products S.A. On December 14, 2021, the Company filed an appeal of the District Court for the Northern District of Georgia’s dismissal of the Company’s patent infringement action against Philip Morris USA, Inc., and Philip Morris Products S.A.

On December 31, 2021, the District Court for the Northern District of Georgia effectively dismissed HCMC’s patent infringement action against Philip Morris USA, Inc. and Philip Morris Products S.A. In connection with such dismissal, the defendants sought to recover attorney’s fees from the Plaintiff. On February 22, 2022, the District Court for the Northern District of Georgia granted the defendant’s an award of approximately $575,000 in attorneys’ fees to be paid by the Company. The Company fully provisioned this amount as of December 31, 2021. HCMC appealed this ruling on June 22, 2022.

On April 12, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled in favor of HCMC on two separate appeals it had filed in its patent infringement action against Philip Morris USA, Inc. and Philip Morris Products S.A. pending in the district court for the Northern District of Georgia.

In the first appeal, HCMC appealed the ruling of the District Court dismissing HCMC’s patent infringement action and denying HCMC’s motion to amend its pleading. In the second appeal, HCMC appealed the District Court’s award of attorneys’ fees to Philip Morris. In its decisions, the Federal Circuit ruled for HCMC by reversing both of those decisions and remanded the case back to the District Court for further proceedings. As a result of the ruling, the Company reversed the $575,000, which was previously fully provisioned, during the three months ended March 31, 2023.

On September 26, 2023, HCMC filed a patent infringement lawsuit against R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company (“RJR”) in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina in connection with HCMC’s assertions that RJR’s Vuse electronic cigarette infringes one of HCMC’s patents.

On November 17, 2023, RJR filed a motion to dismiss the action. HCMC opposed on December 22, 2023. To date the court has not ruled on the motion.

On September 18, 2024, RJR filed an inter partes review of the patent-in-suit at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”). A decision on institution will be made by the USPTO sometime after January 2025.

On November 22, 2024, HCMC received a ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (the “Federal Circuit”) denying an appeal of HCMC of a decision of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board (the “Board”) relating to the inter partes review of an HCMC patent. The Board had ruled that the previously granted HCMC patent that served as the basis of HCMC’s patent infringement action against Philip Morris USA, Inc. and Philip Morris Products S.A. was not patentable and denied of HCMC’s request to amend the claims if invalidity of the patent was affirmed.

On December 31, 2024, HCMC voluntarily dismissed the action in the Northern District of Georgia without prejudice and the case was terminated.

From time to time the Company is involved in legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of our business. We believe that there is no other litigation pending that is likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations as of June 30, 2025. With respect to legal costs, we record such costs as incurred.