Free Motion for Summary Judgment - District Court of Arizona - Arizona

1 Joel L. Herz, Esq.
State Bar No. 0l5l05
2 Law Offices oflocl L. Herz
3 3573 East Sunrise Drive, Suite 215
Tucson. AZ 85718
4 Telephone: 520-529-8080
Facsimile: 520-529-8077
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Ira S. Sacks, Esq.
6 Satia A. Anand, Esq.
7 Dreier LLP
499 Park Avenue
8 New York, NY 10022
Telephone: 212-328-6100
9 Facsimile: 212-328-6lOl
10 Attorneys for Defendant GTFM, LLC
ll UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
12 DISTRICT OF ARIZONA
13 MEADOWLARK LEMON. a married )
man. )
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1 5 Plaintiff/Counterdefendant ) Case No. CV 04·O299-PHX-DGC
vs. ) Case No. CV 04-1023-PHX-DGC
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I-IARLEM GLOBETROTTERS )
17 INTERNATIONAL. INC.. et al,. )
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18 Defendants/Counterclaimants )

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20 GTFM, LLC’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, ursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 56. Defendant GTFM.
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23 LLC ("GTFM"). moves this Court for an order granting summary judgment and dismissing all
2 4 claims against it in the consolidated actions entitled Meadowlark Lemon v. Harlem Globetrotters
25 International, Inc., et. al., CV O4-0299·PHX—DGC and Fred "Curly" Neal, et. al. v. Harlem
26 Globelrotters International, Inc., el. al., CV 04-1023-PHX-DGC. for the following reasons: (i)
27 Plaintiffs federal Lanham Act claims must be dismissed because there is no evidence of
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1 secondary meaning or likely confusion; (ii) Plaintiffs are not entitled to recapture GTFM’s
2 profits under federal law or Arizona law; (iii) the claims against GTFM arc barred by laches: and
3 (iv) Plaintiffs have failed to establish "but for" causation.
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The present motion is supported by GTFM`s Memorandum of Law in Support of its
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6 Motion for Summary Judgment, the Statement of Specific Facts pursuant to Local Rule
7 1.10(l)(1). and the Declarations oflra S. Sacks and Bruce Weisfeld submitted herewith.
8 DATED: October 24. 2005
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/s/ Ira S. Sacks
10 Ira S. Sacks, Esq.
Safia A. Anand. Esq.
11 Dreier LLP
12 499 Park Avenue
New York. NY 10022
13 Telephone: 212-328-6100
Facsimile: 212-328-6101
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15 Joel L. Herz. Esq.
1 6 State Bar Number 015105
La Paloma Corporate Center
17 3573 E. Sunrise Dr., Suite 215
Tucson, Arizona 85718-3206
18 Telephone: 520-529-8080
Facsimile: 520-529-8077
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20 Attorneys for Defendant GTFM. LLC
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
l, Dana Massarsky. hereby certify that:
I. l am not a party to the action, am over I8 years of age and reside in New York.
New York.
2. On October 24, 2005, 1 served a true copy of: (i) GTFM, LLC’s Motion for
Summary Judgment ("GTFM SJ 1V1otion"); (ii) the Memorandum of Law in
Support of the GTFM SJ Motion; (iii) GTFM’s Statement of Specific Facts
Pursuant to Local Rule l.10(l)(l); (iv) Volumes I and ll ofthe Declaration oflra
S. Sacks in Support ofthe GTFM SJ Motion; (v) the Declaration of Bruce
Weisfeld in Support ofthe GTFM SJ Motion and (vi) the Proposed Order
Via Federal Express upon:
Anders Rosenquist. Jr.
Florence M. Bruemmer
Rosenquist & Associates
80 E. Columbus
Phoenix. AZ 85012
Clay Townsend, Esq.
Morgan & Morgan, PA.
20 N. Orange Avenue, l6°h Floor
Orlando. FL 32802
Edward R. Garvey
Christa Westerberg
Garvey. McNeil & McGillivray
634 West Main Street, Suite 101
Madison, W1 53703
/s/ Dana Massarsky
DANA MASSARSKY
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