1-800 CONTACTS, INC. v. LENS.COM, INC.

Nos. 11-4114, 11-4204, 12-4022.

722 F.3d 1229 (2013)

1-800 CONTACTS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. LENS.COM, INC., d/b/a Lens.com, Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, and JustLens.Com; JustLenses.Com, a Nevada corporation, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 16, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark A. Miller , Holland & Hart LLP, Salt Lake City, UT, ( Bryan G. Pratt , Holland & Hart LLP, Salt Lake City, UT; Marcy G. Glenn , Holland & Hart LLP, Denver, CO; and Donald A. Degnan , Holland & Hart LLP, Boulder, CO, with him on the briefs), for Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

Scott R. Ryther , Phillips Ryther & Winchester, Salt Lake City, UT, ( Mark M. Bettilyon , Ray, Quinney & Nebeker, P.C., Salt Lake City, UT, with him on the briefs), for Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

Before BRISCOE, Chief Judge, LUCERO, and HARTZ, Circuit Judges.


HARTZ, Circuit Judge.

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