Travel Sentry, Inc. v. David Tropp, No. 16-2386 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 19, 2017)

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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”). See Travel Sentry, Inc. v. Tropp (Travel Sentry II ), 497 F . App’x 958 (Fed. Cir. 2012); Tropp v. Conair Corp. , 484 F. App’x 568 (Fed. Cir. 2012).