Smart-Vending Patent Suit Against Zurn Elkay Nears Settlement

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp. is in settlement discussions in a lawsuit accusing the Wisconsin-based building and construction supplier of infringing a patent covering smartphone-connected vending machines.

Zurn Elkay and patent owner Automated Vending LLC asked the court to stay deadlines in the dispute for 30 days as they finalize their agreement, according to a joint motion to stay filed Monday in the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

• Automated Vending sued Zurn Elkay in December, alleging infringement of US Patent No. 9,959,530 with its Elkay Smartwell product, which allows users to fill their water bottles by ...