TRAVEL SENTRY, INC. v. TROPP

2016-2386, 2016-2387, 2016-2714, 2017-1025.

877 F.3d 1370 (2017)

TRAVEL SENTRY, INC., Plaintiff-Cross-Appellant v. David A. TROPP, Defendant-Appellant David A. Tropp, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Conair Corporation, Briggs & Riley Travelware LLC, Ebags, Inc., Eagle Creek, a Division of VF Outdoor, Inc., HP Marketing Corp., Ltd., L.C. Industries, LLC, Magellan's International Travel Corporation, Master Lock Company LLC, Outpac Designs Inc., Samsonite Corporation, Travelpro International Inc., TRG Accessories, LLC, Tumi, Inc., Wordlock, Inc., Defendants-Cross Appellants Victorinox Swiss Army, Inc., Defendant-Appellee Titan Luggage USA, Delsey Luggage Inc., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Decided: December 19, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

WILLIAM L. PRICKETT , Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Boston, MA, argued for cross-appellants Briggs & Riley Travelware LLC, Conair Corporation, Eagle Creek, A Division of VF Outdoor, Inc., HP Marketing Corp., Ltd., L.C. Industries, LLC, Magellan's International Travel Corporation, Master Lock Company LLC, Outpac Designs Inc., Samsonite Corporation, TRG Accessories, LLC, Travel Sentry, Inc., Travelpro International Inc., Tumi, Inc., Wordlock, Inc., eBags, Inc. and appellee Victorinox Swiss Army, Inc. Cross-appellants Travel Sentry, Inc., Conair Corporation, Eagle Creek, A Division of VF Outdoor, Inc., HP Marketing Corp., Ltd., L.C. Industries, LLC, Master Lock Company LLC, Outpac Designs Inc., Samsonite Corporation, Travelpro International Inc., TRG Accessories, LLC, Wordlock, Inc. and appellee Victorinox Swiss Army, Inc. also represented by BRIAN MICHAELIS.

PAUL WHITFIELD HUGHES , Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC, argued for appellant. Also represented by ALAN M. GRIMALDI , GARY HNATH , ANDREW JOHN PINCUS , JONATHAN WEINBERG.

PETER IAN BERNSTEIN , Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, Garden City, NY, for cross-appellant Briggs & Riley Travelware LLC.

CAROLYN V. JUAREZ , Neugeboren O'Dowd PC, Boulder, CO, for cross-appellant eBags, Inc.

ROBERT J. KENNEY , Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch, LLP, Falls Church, VA, for cross-appellant Magellan's International Travel Corporation.

NEIL P. SIROTA , Baker Botts, LLP, New York, NY, for cross-appellant Tumi, Inc. Also represented by JENNIFER COZEOLINO TEMPESTA.

Before Lourie, O'Malley, and Taranto, Circuit Judges.


This is the third time we have had occasion to preside over this longstanding dispute regarding whether Travel Sentry, Inc. ("Travel Sentry") and its licensees infringe one or more claims of two patents issued to appellant David A. Tropp ("Tropp"): U.S. Patent Nos. 7,021,537 ("the '537 patent") and 7,036,728 ("the '728 patent...

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