Item 8.01 Other Events.

On April 12, 2023, Healthier Choices Management Corp. ("HCMC") issued a press release announcing that 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 today, the Federal Circuit ruled for HCMC by reversing both of those decisions and remanded the case back to the District Court for further proceedings.

A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.





Item 9.01 Exhibits



Exhibit No.   Name

99.1            Press release dated April 12, 2023

104           Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL
              document).




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