Conair LLC

Conair LLC is a privately held American manufacturer and distributor of consumer products. Founded in 1959, the company is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. Since 2021, Conair has been majority-owned by the private equity firm American Securities, with the founding Rizzuto family retaining a minority stake. The company generates over $2 billion in annual revenue and has more than 2,000 employees.

Conair is a diversified operating company with a broad portfolio of products. Its core business includes personal care and beauty appliances such as hair dryers, stylers, and grooming kits. Through strategic acquisitions, the company has expanded into premium kitchen electrics and cookware under the Cuisinart and Waring brands, as well as hair accessories under the Scunci brand. Other major brands include BaBylissPRO for professional styling tools and TravelSmart for travel accessories. Conair holds more than 1,000 patents related to its products.

As a litigant, Conair acts as an operating company enforcing its intellectual property rights. The company's litigation history shows it as a plaintiff and not a defendant in tracked cases, a typical posture for a manufacturer protecting its market from alleged infringement. This is consistent with its single tracked case, filed as a plaintiff in the Northern District of Illinois, a common venue for commercial litigation.

The company's one tracked case is Conair LLC v. Tehrani Corp et al., filed on April 22, 2026, in the Illinois Northern District Court. This patent infringement lawsuit targets multiple defendants, including Tehrani Corp, COCCO HAIR PROFESSIONAL LLC, and several other electric appliance companies. The case reflects Conair's broader strategy of actively protecting its product designs and technology in the personal care appliance market.