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COHERENT, INC. v. COHERENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

No. 90-1181.

935 F.2d 1122 (1991)

COHERENT, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COHERENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

June 5, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Veronica Colby Devitt (Carol L. Smith, Limbach, Limbach & Sutton, San Francisco, Cal., and Bruce G. Klaas, Klaas & Law, Denver, Colo., with her, on the briefs), Limbach, Limbach & Sutton, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Charles H. Jacobs (David A. Weinstein, Denver, Colo., with him, on the brief), Bourke Jacobs Luber P.C., Denver, Colo., for defendant-appellee.

Before MOORE, SETH, and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

JOHN P. MOORE, Circuit Judge.

Coherent, Inc., (Coherent) filed suit against Coherent Technologies, Inc., (Coherent Technologies) alleging trademark infringement and false designation of origin under 15 U.S.C. §§ 1114 and 1125(a) (1988), and unfair competition under Colorado common law. The district court ruled against Coherent after a bench trial, deciding that Coherent Technologies' use of the word "coherent" constituted a fair use and was not likely to...

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