Altria

Altria Group, Inc., commonly known as Altria, is an American corporation and one of the world's largest producers and marketers of tobacco, cigarettes, and related products. Headquartered in Henrico County, Virginia, it was founded in 1985 as Philip Morris Companies, Inc., though its origins trace back to 1847. The company is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker MO. As of fiscal year 2025, Altria reported annual revenues in the range of $20-23 billion and employs approximately 5,900 to 6,300 individuals, with a market capitalization of around $123 billion.

Altria's core business revolves around a diverse portfolio of tobacco products for the U.S. market. Its wholly-owned subsidiaries include Philip Morris USA, which manufactures Marlboro cigarettes, John Middleton Co., known for Black & Mild cigars, and U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company, producing Copenhagen and Skoal smokeless tobacco. The company has also expanded into smoke-free products through its Helix Innovations subsidiary, maker of on! oral nicotine pouches, and NJOY, an e-vapor product manufacturer. Additionally, Altria maintains significant equity investments in the global brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev and the Canadian cannabinoid company Cronos Group.

Based on the tracked case data, Altria appears as a defendant in one U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) case and has no tracked plaintiff cases. This indicates an operating company that primarily defends its products and business interests against intellectual property claims.

The sole tracked case is Juul Labs Inc. v. Altria et al., filed in the U.S. International Trade Commission on September 12, 2025. This suit is part of a broader intellectual property dispute in the e-vapor market. Altria previously held a substantial minority stake in JUUL Labs, which the Federal Trade Commission had challenged on antitrust grounds. Prior to this tracked case, Juul Labs had successfully prevailed in an earlier ITC action against Altria's NJOY ACE e-vapor product, resulting in a ban on the importation and sale of infringing NJOY ACE devices and pods, effective March 31, 2025.