Clone manufacturers, better described as counterfeiters, hurt the entire vaping community. Sign this petition and tell ECC that welcoming counterfeit vape manufacturers encourages their unethical and illegal Trademark infringement, rewards them for taking money away from hard working, innovative mod and atty designers, and effectively shows approval for the unsafe products they are flooding onto the vape market (most recently a cloned Mutant turned into a pipe bomb after suffering a critical failure and exploding in a crowd of people at Vape Blast. Providing more ammunition to regulate or ban vaping hurts all of us, but clone manufacturers have no interest in our community, their interest begins and ends with their profits.

Their counterfeit products hurt our entire community. They discourage innovation and stifle new products by taking profits away from those who would take the time to develop and test high quality vaping products. Why create something new when you know your design will be stolen and counterfeit products will be released almost immediately?

We may not be able to stop cloning entirely, but that doesn't mean we should allow them to flaunt their illegal, unethical, and unsafe behavior at an event designed to celebrate and showcase the best of the vaping community.