Limited Brands, Inc., Bath & Body Works, Inc., Henri Bendel, Inc., and Bath & Body Works, Inc. doing business as The White Barn Candle Co. (collectively, “Limited”) appeal from the final judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granting summary judgment of validity and infringement of U.S. Patent 6,457,969 (“the ’969 patent”), awarding damages, and denying a motion for reconsideration. See Ball Aerosol & Specialty Container, Inc. v. Limited Brands, Inc., 553 F. Supp. 2d 939 (N.D. Ill. 2008); Ball Aerosol & Specialty Container, Inc. v. Limited Brands, Inc., 514 F. Supp. 2d 1051 (N.D. Ill. 2007); Ball Aerosol & Specialty Container, Inc. v. Limited Brands, Inc., No. 05-CV-3684 (N.D. Ill. June 30, 2006) (document 137) (“Validity Motion”); Ball Aerosol & Specialty Container, Inc. v. Limited Brands, Inc., No. 05-CV-3684 (N.D. Ill. June 28, 2006) (document 139) (“Infringement Opinion”); U.S. Can Co. v. Limited Brands, Inc., No. 05-CV-3684, 2006 WL 1049581 (N.D. Ill. Apr. 19, 2006) (“Claim Construction Opinion”). Because the court erred as a matter of law in failing to find claims 1 and 5 of the ’969 patent to have been obvious and in finding infringement of those claims, we reverse.
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