ZUP, LLC v. Nash Manufacturing, Inc., No. 17-1601 (Fed. Cir. July 25, 2018)

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Appellant ZUP, LLC (“ZUP”) appeals the decision of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, which grant ed summary judgment in favor of Appellee Nash Manufacturing, Inc. (“Nash”). The district court invalidated claims 1 and 9 of U.S. Patent No. 8,292,681 (“the ’681 patent”) as obvious and , in the alternative, held that Nash does not infringe c laim 9. We affirm the district court’s holding that claims 1 and 9 are invalid as obvious and do not reach the infringement question.