Tropp v. Conair Corp.

RADER, Chief Judge.

David A. Tropp sued Defendants-Appel-lees, eighteen manufacturers and distributors of luggage, for infringement of United States Patent Nos. 7,021,537 (the ’537 patent) and 7,036,728 (the ’728 patent) in connection with their use of a dual-access luggage lock system designed and licensed by Travel Sentry, Inc. (“Travel Sentry”). In September 2010, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York awarded declaratory judgment of non-infringement of the ’537 and ’728 patents to Travel Sentry. Travel Sentry, Inc. v. Tropp (Travel Sentry I), 736 F.Supp.2d…