LA RESOLANA ARCHITECTS v. CLAY REALTORS

No. 04-2127.

416 F.3d 1195 (2005)

LA RESOLANA ARCHITECTS, PA, a New Mexico Professional Association, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CLAY REALTORS ANGEL FIRE, a New Mexico corporation, Lance K. Clay, an individual, Gary Plante, an individual, and Angel Fire Home Design, a New Mexico corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 26, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin Lynn Wildenstein, Southwest Intellectual Property Services, LLC, Albuquerque, NM, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Randy S. Bartell, Montgomery & Andrews PA, Santa Fe, NM, for Defendant-Appellee Angel Fire Design (Daniel J. Behles, Albuquerque, NM, for Defendants-Appellees Lance K. Clay, Gary Plante, and Clay Realtors Angel Fire, with him on the brief).

Before LUCERO and TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judges, and BLACKBURN, District Judge.


TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge.

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