Brita LP v. ITC

  1. October 15, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Affirms ITC Ruling That Brita Filter Patent Is Invalid

    The Federal Circuit on Wednesday let stand the U.S. International Trade Commission's decision that a Brita LP water filter patent is invalid, affirming a finding that the patent wasn't adequately described and that it didn't enable someone to make the invention.

  2. August 05, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Presses Brita On Bid To Revive Water Filter Patent

    A Federal Circuit panel Tuesday questioned Brita LP's effort to reverse a U.S. International Trade Commission decision that a water filter patent is invalid, suggesting the patent describes little more than an unpredictable scientific formula.

  3. July 31, 2025

    3 Federal Circuit Clashes To Watch In August

    The Federal Circuit's argument calendar for August includes Brita's effort to revive a patent suit against water filter rivals that fell short at the U.S. International Trade Commission, and a prolific inventor's bid to undo a decision clearing Coca-Cola of infringing a beverage dispenser patent.

  4. March 18, 2024

    Brita Brings ITC Filter Patent Row To Federal Circuit

    The Clorox Co.'s Brita brand has urged the Federal Circuit to overturn a decision that found it failed to show that language in a patent covering the brand's "gravity flow" filter was specific enough to earn legal protection.