Free Declaration - District Court of Arizona - Arizona

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Joel L. Herz, Esq. StateBarNo. 015105 Law Offices of Joel L. Herz 3573East SunriseDrive, Suite215
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Tucson, 85718 AZ Telephone: 520-529-8080
Facsimile: 520-529-8077 Ira S. Sacks,Esq. SafiaA. Anand, Esq. Dreier LLP 499 Park Avenue

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NewYork,NY 10022 Telephone: 212-328-6100
Facsimile: 212-328-6101 Attorneysfor DefendantGTFM, LLC UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF ARIZONA MEADOWLARK LEMON, a married man,
Plaintiff/ Counterdefendant

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CaseNo. CV 04-0299-PHX-DGC CaseNo. CV 04-1023-PHX-DGC

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HARLEM GWBETROTTERS INTERNATIONAL, INC., et al.,

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DECLARATION OF BRUCE WEISFELD IN SUPPORT OF GTFM. LLC'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT ~ - --~ BRUCE WEISFELD declares follows underpenaltyof perjury pursuantto 28 as U.S.C. § 1746:

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I am Presidentof GTFM, LLC ("GTFM"). I submit this declarationin

supportofGTFM'S Motion For SummaryJudgment.

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Other than as expresslyset forth herein, the matters set forth herein are

basedon my personalknowledge.

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GTFM and Harlem Globetrotters International~ ("HGr~) enteredinto a Inc.

LicenseAgreementon June 1,2002, wherein HGI licensedto GTFM, LLC, amongother rights, the right to usethe namesand likenesses any and all playerswho have played for the Harlem of

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Globetrotters, who hereafterplay for the Globetrotters or during the tenD of the agreement, other than Wilt Chamberlain Magic Johnson. and

Pursuant to the License Agreement, GTFM (and its licensees) . 10 I manufactured and sold products bearing the Harlem Globetrotters trademarks. The line

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includedjeans, denim shorts,jerseys,tank tops,jumpsuits, dresses, skirts, shorts,hats, sneakers, pantsand shirtsmadeby GTFM and licensees GTFM (the "FUBU/HGI Apparel"). of

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Also pursuantto the LicenseAgreement,~

of the FUBU/HGI Apparel

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containedthe plaintiffs' names,aIlegedjerseynumbers,and allegedlikenesses and/orimages.

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The License Agreement expired on November 30, 2004 and pennitted

GTFM a one hundred eighty (180) day sell-off period. GTFM is not currently manufacturing and/orselling any Alleged Infringing FUBU/HGI Apparel andwill not do so in the future.

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Nonetheless,retails stores, which have no affiliation to GTFM or any

other FUBU-related entity, continue to sell off the merchandisethat they had previously purchased.Theseretail salesdo not have any impact on GTFM's presentor future revenues and such sales are not reported to GTFM, except to the extent that any such retailer may have requested credit or offset againstthe merchandise, which event GTFM's revenues a in would be

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GTFM did not enter into the License Agreement blindly. GTFM was

awarethat HGI had been using and licensing the rights to the namesand likenesses players of and former playersfor decades wasnot awareof any complaintsregardingsuchuses. and
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When decidingwhetherto enterinto the LicenseAgreement,GTFM relied

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on the representations indemnificationprovisionsof the LicenseAgreement,andthe fact that and no player had ever suedthe Globetrotters misuseof their namesand/orlikenesses. for

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If GTFM had been awareof any complaintsby former playersregarding

HGI's use of their namesand/or likenesses,GTFM would not have enteredinto the License Agreementor would have done an alternativeline of clothing, which was free of infringement claims. I declareunderpenaltyof perjury that the foregoingis true and correct. Dated: New York, New York October.!}, 2005

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