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BRITA WASSER-FILTER-SYSTEME v. RECOVERY EGIN.

No. 97 C 3915.

41 F.Supp.2d 818 (1999)

BRITA WASSER-FILTER-SYSTEME GMBH and The Brita Products Company, Plaintiffs, v. RECOVERY ENGINEERING, INC., Signature Brands, Inc. f.n.a. Health O Meter, Inc., and Culligan International Company, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

March 4, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney Katz, Robert B. Breisblatt And Leonard Friedman Of Welsh And Katz, Ltd., Chicago, Il, For Brita.

Alan G. Carlson, Joseph M. Kastelic of Merchant, Gould, Smith, Edell, Welter & Schmidt, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, for Recovery Engineering Inc.

Charles B. Lyon, John S. Cipolla of Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP, Cleveland, OH, for Signature Brands.

Lawrence J. Crain, Roger D. Greer, James K. Folker of Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Culligan Intern.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

KOCORAS, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on cross motions for summary judgment. For the following reasons, the plaintiffs' motions are denied and the defendants' motions are granted.

BACKGROUND

Plaintiff Brita Wasser-Filter-Systeme ("Brita") owns the rights to United States Patent Number 4,969,996 ("the '996 patent"). Brita brought a patent infringement suit against Recovery Engineering...

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