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WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT,INC., a Delaware copoation,

Plainti,

v

LOUIS GLENNON, JR,

Defendant

/!ni.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE thJUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FORMANATEE COUNTY FLORIDA

CASE NO. 0 \ ( 3 I 61

7'

C?UC

PLAINTIFF'S MERGENCY MOTIO FOR EX PAR TE TEMPORARY INJUNCTION,PREJUDGMENT WRIT OF REPLEVIN AND PERMANNT IJUNCTION

Plainti Wrl Wrtlng Entrtainmnt nc "WWE) thrgh nr cnl

rpctlly mv thi Crt r an ntry an x par tmprary injnctin prant t Fla

R. Civ. P 610 a prjgmnt writ rplvn prant t Fla. Stat § 8068 a wll a a

prmannt injnctn againt Dnant Li Glnn, Jr. "Glnnn ) an in pprt thr

bmt th llwng mmranm law

NRODUCTON

WWE k an pa tmprary njnctin a wll a a prmannt injnctin ing

th llwng rli 1) rring Glnn t rt WWE Blackbrry cncatn vc

t WWE mmatly ) rrng Gln and h agnt rprntatv an anyn actng

in activ cncrt wth Glnn t ca and t m ng, cling mnating

miyng tranrring r cpyng th nrmatn cntan in th Blackbrry 3 rrng

Gnn t ic t th nam a indvda whm h ha c nran

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contain in th Blackby; 4) orring Glnnon to isclos to WWE all locations to which h

has isclos ssminat transr, or coi th inmation contain in th Blackbrry;

an haing an innnt cour-aoint comutr xrt (an at Glnnons otion a

scon comut xrt chosn by Glnon) anlyz all comutrs in Glnons ossssion or

control r th sol uros of rasing rmanntly all th inrmation that was ownloa

om th Blackbry an to look r any inc that such inrmation has bn transmitt or

coi

WWE also rqusts a rjugmnt wrt of rlin r th Blackbrry

WWE is ling its Vr Comlaint r Rlin Injunctiv Rlif a Damags

concurntly wih this Motion

II FACTUALBACKGROUND

A. Gennon came into possession of WWE's popety containing popietayinmation and tade secets

On Aril 6 2007 Mary Ringwoo ("Rngwoo) attn a basball gam at Yank

Staium (Rgwoo Aavit l contmoranously hrwith as "Ehibit A � 4)

Ringwoo is Music Coorinator r WWE in is Nw York oc (I

a� 3 As art of hr

job rsonsibilitis Ringwoo was issu a Blackbry lctronic communications ic r

hr to commuicat cocing WWE busiss mattrs (th "Blackbry)(I

at � 6

Ringwoos Blackbrry is a Cingular 7290 Blackbrry that nctions both as a tlhon an as

an -mail communications ic (Robrt Blyth Aavit l contmoranously hrwith

as "Exhibit B � 6 Th Blackbry is intiabl by th Asst Tag Numbr 936 ax by

WWE to th Blackbrry an also by th ME umbr 3777900222181 (I)

At th tim o th Yank gam Ringwoo ha us hr Blackbry r many months

an t contan scant amounts of tra scrt businss inrmation that was g



roritary to WWE, incluing intal mail mssags om arous xcutis at WWE, an

conntial contact inrmation of arous ntrtainrs an othr talnt who work with WWE

(Exhibit A at� )

Durng th basball gam at Yank Staum, Ringwoo iscor that hr Blackbrry

was missing(I

at � 5 A sarch of th ara aroun hr box sating, howr il to

uncor th missing Blackbrry, an Ringwoo rort hr Blackbrry lost or stoln uon hr

rtu to work

On inrmation an blif, Glnon also was in attnanc at th basball gam at

Yank Staium on Aril 6 2007, an at that gam Glnnon cam into ossssion of

Ringwoo's Blackbrry ic On inrmation an blif, ar th basball gam, Glnnon

rtu hom to his rsinc in Parrsh, Floria with th Blackbrry

B Gennon wongfuy detains WWE's popety and continues to efuse toetun it to WWE

On Aril 7, 2007, Glnnon tlhon WWE to rort that h ha un a Blackbrry at

th Yank gam, an was rwar to Robrt Blyth (Blth), Snior Dirctor of Systm

Aministration r WWE (Exhibit B at� 4) Durng thir tlhon conrsations, Glnon

inti himslf as oui, tol Blyh that h ha un a Blackbrry at Yank Staium

an that, om th contnts of th Blackbrry, h susct that th Blackbrry blong to

somon at WWE ()

Aftr chcking if anyon at WWE was missing a Blackbrry, Blyth iscor that

Ringwoo ha rort that hr Blackbrry rcntly ha bn lost at Yank Staium(

at �

5. During rthr iscussions with Glnon on Aril 17, 2007, Blyth inrm Glnnon that

WWE uts its uniqu asst tag numbr insi th back cor of its Blackbrrs, an instrct

him whr to look to riy WWEs ownrsh satus of th Blackbrry ( at� 7

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At 5 4 m on Arl 1 00, Glnnon rwar to Blyh som o h -mal mssags

om h Blackbrry hat h sa h ha ownloa om h Blackbrry to hs rsonal

comur wh th noaon that I stated to donoad to my comp hoping f moe in

this is some of the emais. Thee is some ea sensitive in I oudnt e comtabe

sending via emai. I am aiting f te est to donoad I i et you kno Hope this

heps" (I a 8)

Blyh rvw h conns of h aach -mals an vr ha th mssags cam

om rorar WWE -mal communcatons.(.

at 9.) Blyth rl o Glnnon ha

sam ay a 549 m stang "ou hat conrms I s ours Plas sn. Plas also

rov your arss an nam agan I woul lk to thank you r akng h m n nsurng

h scury o h vc I can rov our FEx numbr r shng you woul lk

hans.(I

a 10)

Fn mnus latr at 6:04 m Blyth llow u wh an aonal mal o Glnnon

stang hat ou I just sok to our shng armn an hy rcommn tha you sn t

ovgh COD (Cash on Dlvry). hs wll robably b h bs way ha w can g

wthou you ncurrng any coss hanks agan r all th hl! (I a 11)

Ar h ays ass whou Glnnon snng back h Blackbrry Blyh ror

th stuaton to hs managr who hn contac WWEs lgal armnt (

at .)

On or about Arl 2 or 24 00 Rchar Hrng (Hrng ) a mmbr o WWEs lgal

artmnt an Vc Prsnt o Govmnal Rlaons an Rsk Managmnt r WWE

lhon Glnnon an l hm a vocmal mssag askng Glnnon o ru th Blackbrry

an o cas an ss om usng or ohrws sclosng ts connts. (Hrng Afav l

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contmoanously hwth as "Exhbt C � 7) Hn lt hs nam an tlhon numb

an ask Glnnon to tu hs call ()

Shotly tha Hn c a mssag on hs ocmal at th numb h l

Glnon n whch th call nt hmsl by sayng "Ths s M Glnon you call m

an l a mssa(

at� 8) Th mssag thn wnt on to say "'m cons why t wnt to

th lgal atmnt - thats kn o nsultn () h call stat that h ha bn callng

aoun to attmt to tmn whos "hon t was that h ha bn "ryn to o th ht

thn but thn to t o to lgal artmnt kn of sms lk a bully aroach to m an

you kow s to b bull()

H wnt on to stat "m tyn to o th ght

thng wth th hon an m tyng to n out whos t s an s what t s but man

ths s th aoach that you want to tak thn uss you know ont want to

scuss any o ths wth any o you -- anyboy n th WW anymo ()

Dung h hon mssag th call also amtt that h "ha call a w ol on

th hon an ownloa nrmaton om th hon an acknowl that "bcaus of all

of th sonal nmaton on [th hon] t w you hon you woulnt want to gt nto

th hans so ths a lot of sonal nrmaton on th(

at� 9)

Glnon has not tu th Blackby to WW (xhbt B at� 13; xhbt C at� 10)

C lnnon has acknoldgd to WWE that h is in possssion of vy snsitivinmation and that h has disclosd such inmation and donloadd itonto to his psonal comput

Glnnon has acknowl that h osssss th Blackby an that th Blackbry

contans nmaton that s "al snst to WWE (Exhbt B at � 8) Glnnon also has

acknowl that h has shown som contnts om th Blackbrry to hs both-n-law that

h has ownloa nmaton om th Blackby to hs own sonal comut an that h

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has cntacted sme f the celebrtes m telephne numbers cntaned n the Blackberry d

at�� 8 Ehbt C at� 9)

D. Given the nate of WWEs bsiness the disclosue of popietay

inmation and tade secets would be mateially damagig to WWE

WWE s an ntegrated meda and entertanment cmpany prncpally engaged n the

develpment prmtn and marketng f televsn prgrammng pay-per-vew prgrammng

and lve arena events and the lcensng and sale f branded cnsumer prducts aturng ts

Wrld Wrestlng Entertanment brand.

WWE prmtes hundreds f lve shws each year n arenas and stadums acrss the

wrld WWE als prduces weekly televsn prgrams n bradcast and cale televsn that

are dstruted arund the wrld and mnthly pay-per-vew prgrams avalable thrugh cale

and satellte pay-per-vew dstrbutrs n addtn WWE ers a vden-demand servce

avalable thrugh cable dstrbutrs and va the nteet f ts etensve lrary hstrcal

tage m WWE and ther wrestlng prmtns Ancllary t ts sprs enteranment

prgrammng WWE engages n etensve cnsumer prducts usnes pursut t whch

WWEs characters lgs and ther ntellectual prpery rights are depcte n myrad cnsumer

prducts ncludng vde games actn gures and clthng

n the curse f ts busness WWE prduces and acqures sgncant cndental and

trade secret nrmatn that s prpretary t ts usness peratns

III. WWE IS ENTITLED TO AN EX PARTE TEMPORARY INJUNCTION AGANST

GLENNON.

A Standad Fo Obtaining A Tempoay Injnction

Under lrda law WWE must shw the llwng t btan a temprary njunctn

aganst Glennn: 1) n adequate remedy at law ) prbale success n the merits f ts clam;

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) rreparabe harm r and 4) a vrabe baancng the reut r ham whch may be

caued t ne party r the ther a we a t the pubc by the grantng r denyng the

temprary ree requeted See Eat v Aqua Gam g I c. 805 S d 9 a d DCA 001).

Mrever puruant t rda Rue Cv Prcedure .610 WW entted t an x

par temprary njunctn agant Gennn "A) t appear m the pecc ct hwn by

adavt r vered peadng that mmedate and rreparabe njury r damage w reut t

the mvant bere the advere party can be heard n pptn and B) the mvant' attey

certe n wrtng any ert that have been made t gve ntce and the rean why ntce

hud nt be requred.

B WW Saises he Firs and Third emens r a Temorary Injuncion AgainsGennon: Inadequae Remedy a Law and Irrearabe Harm

r purpe the nadequate remedy at aw and rreparabe harm requrement

cntnued ue and dcure prpietay nmatn and trade ecret cndered a

cntnung trt a we-reczed ba r njunctve ree Dt vSchute

46 S. d

1013 1015 a. d DCA 198). Injunctve ree n the cntet prpretary nrmatn and

trade ecret partcuary apprprate "t dmnh the eect the ngng vatn t tp

the beedng t peak and thereby dmnh the damage whch are ncapabe reanabe

acertanment and whch are by dentn rreparabe. C.Stem

Inc. vOf

84 S d

86 8 a 4th DCA 00).

Indeed rda curt have recgnzed that nadequate remedy a aw and rreparabe

ham hud be preumed wth repect t dcure prpretary nrmatn and trade ecret.

See � Crd C v. Prn 48 S d 486 490 a. d DCA 1986) Dt 46 S. d

at 1015.

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These principles appy here as Glenon wrongy reses to retu to WW its

Backberry containing propretary inrmation and trade secrets, which he has admitted he

already has downloaded to hs computer and disclosed to at least one person his brotherinaw.

hibit B at�� 7 8) The irreparable damage done to WW by Glennon's use and discosure of

such inrmation canot be adequatey compensaed by monetary damages

C WWE Saisfies he Second Eemen a Tempoay Injuncion Agains GennonSubsania Likeihood of Success on he eis of is Caims.

1 WWE has a substantial likelihood of success on the merits of its replevin claim.

In Florida caims r replevin are goveed by Florida Statute § 78055 under which

WW must demonstrate the llowing 1) WW is the owner of the claimed property; and 2)

the property is ronglly detained by Glennon WW satises both prongs as the Backberry

belongs to one of its employees and Glenon continues to detain the Blackberry despite

WWs notice to Genon that the Backberry belon to WW and depite WWs demand r

its retu hibit B at�� 10-13 hibit C at�� 7-10)

2 WWE has a substantial likelihoo of success on the merits of its conversionclaim.

To prevai on its conversion caim WW must demonstrate that Genon wronglly

asserted dominion over its property inconsistent with its ownership therein Warshall v Price

629 So. 2d 903 904 Fa 4th DCA 1993) Moreover, WW must aso establish that it

demanded Glenon to retu the property and that such demand was resed or that demand

woud have been tieGi sberg

v. Lenar ForidaHoldi gs c.

645 So. 2d 490 500 Fa. 3d

1 The saue aso eques o ovde ohe naon ncludng a) descon of he oey;b) value and ocaon of he oey c) eans by whch Gennon cae no ossesson of he oeyd) saeen ha he claed oey has no been aken a ax assessen o ne and e) saeenha he oey has no been aken unde eecuon o aachen See Fla Sa § 78.055 hasaeged a he egong n s Veed Colain Inuncve Ree and Daages edconeoaneously wh he nsan Moon

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DCA 199 WWE aie e reqremen, a Gen cnne d pen ver

e Backberry depe WWE' nce Gennn a e Backberry beng WWE.

(Eib B a� 10-3 Ebi C a� 7-10. Frere WWE demanded Genn re

e Backberry b Gennn reed d and ef a meage a WWE ang a "I dn'

wan dic any f w any f y -- anybdy in e WWE anymre. (Ebi C a

� 8

D WWE Saises he Fouh Eemen a empoay Injuncion Agains Gennon:Balancing of he Equiies

Under e r and na prng r banng a emprary injncn agan Gennn,

e baancing f e eqe vr e ance f a emprary njncn. Te Cr m

weg weer e arm ikey ccr Genn if a emprary injncin aned i eaer

r e an e arm ikey ccr WWE if e njncin dened SeeM v. Da a

Bec HmeSc Inc

1 S d 9 9 (F 1 DCA 19 (cSr

Mc C v

Febac, 100 S2d 7 (Fa 3d DCA 198

Here, e arm ered by WWE if e njncin denied wd be reaivey grea a

i cd peniay e i vaabe cndena and prprieary inrman and rade ecre

Gennn cnine pe e Backberry and a acknwedged in wring a e a

dwnaded inrmain cnained n e Backberry i perna cmper. Mrever e

eqiie v WWE, a WWE ceary p Genn n nce a e Backberry ben

WWE and a Gennn imef a acknwedged a e i n pen f gy enve

inrmain. (Eibi B a 8 Fnay, ere i n evdence eab a e ance f an

injncin again Gennn wd arm pbc nere.See

Aa Gam g

Inc 80 S 2d

a 93 (" i apparen a an injncn prbng [an ndivda] m ng rade ecre .

ceary de n derve e pbc nere precng egmae bine nere.

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E WWE Sass h Rqms o Floda Rl o Cl Pocd 60 a ExPare mpoay jco

As indicated ave pusuant t Fida Rue f Civi cedue 1. 10 WWE is entted

t an pa tempay injunctn against Genn if "A) it appeas m the specc cts

shwn y adavit veed peadng that medate and iepaae injuy ss damage

wi esut t the mvant ee the advese paty can e head n ppsitin and (B) the

mvant's attey ceties n witing any efts that have een made t gve ntce and the

easns why ntce shud nt e equied.

1 WWE w suer immeiae a irreparable iju before Gleo a be

ear i opposiio

WWE satises the st png and especty ncates its Veied Cmpant

njunctive Reief and Damages and its dscussn ave see supa § B) its agument that

it w sue immediate and epaae injuy

2 WWE 's uersige ousel eres ha effors have bee mae o give oieo Gleo a ha oie shoul o be reque

WW as satises the secnd png as undesgned cunse heeby ceties the ets

that wee made t give ntice t Genn. A epesentative f th WWE's S and ega

depatments have nted Genn that the Backbey engs t WW deed Genn t

cease and desist m dwnadng the inmatn m the Backey t his cmpute and

demanded Genn t etu the Backey. (ht B at �� 10-13 hit C at�� 7-10.)

Gennn hweve esed and nted WW that he eieved it was nt pven t his

satisctin that the Backey engs t WWE (Eht C at�� 8-10.) Futheme Gennn

epessed that he was upset that WWE's ega depatment was invved and theee stated he

wud nt etu the Backey and as nted ave that he didn't "want t discuss any f ths

wt an f u -- and n the WW . . . anyme.d

at )

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, IH:i

Moeove undesined ounse aso eies e easons wy noie soud no be

equied Fs, as Gennon oninues o possess e akbey eses o eu i and as

aknowedged in wiing a e as downoaded inmaion om e akbey o is

pesona ompue and as disosed is onens o is boe-in-aw ee exiss an immediae

ea of iepaabe inuy a eoses e oppouniy o give easonabe noie See �'

Ci of oa aon v. oa aon Aio Au 768 So 2d 19, 1192 (Fa 4 CA 2000)

Seond gven Gennons unweome esponses o WEs mos een equess o eu e

akbey and ease and desis povidng noie a is sage may "auay aeeae,

peipiae o oewise pemi e eaened iepaabe inuy o ou Smi v.Cide,

932

So 2d 393 397 Fa. 2d CA 2006)

V. WW S NTTD TO A PRUDGMNT WRT OF RPLVIN AGANSTGNNON

Pusuan o Foida Saue 78068 e Cou may ene a peuden w of epevin

agains Genon upon a nding, based on e veed peadings and adavis, "a Gennon is

engaging in, o is abou o engage in, ondu a may pae e aimed popey in dange of

desuion oneamen wase emova om e sae emova om e uisdiion of e

ou o ans o an innoen puase duing e pendeny of e aion o a e dendan

as ied o make paymen as ageed Fa Sa. § 78.068(1)-(2)

Hee e Veied Compain and e aaed adavs of ee E empoyees sasfy

a sandad ndeed ee is dange of desion and oninued oneamen, as Gennon

oninuay as esed o eu e akbey o E despie Es numeous demands

is eu Exibi a�� 1013; Exibi C a�� 610) Gennon as aso aknowedged a

e as downoaded e inaion on e akbey o is ompue and a e as disosed

su maon o a eas oe idividua Exibi a�� 7 8 Exib C a� 9. ueme,

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N1:

Gnnn pssd that h was upst that WWs ga dpartmnt was invlvd and th

statd h wuld nt tu th Blackby and as ntd abv that h didnt want t discuss

any this with any yu anybdy in th WW anym hibi C at� )

Th WW spcty qusts th Cut t issu a pjudgmnt wit plvin

ding Glnnn t tu th Blackby t WW imdiaty

V WWE IS ENILED TO A PEAENT INJUTION AGAINS GLENNON

As w as bing ntitd t tmpay injunctiv i until th patis ights a

dtmind n th mits WW is als ntitd t pmannt injunctiv i aganst Glnnn

A paty sking a pmannt injunctin "must dmnstat a ca ga ight th inadquacy

a mdy at aw and that an ipaab injuy wi ccu i such li is nt gantd ast

Fdal C v Stat Oc Sul C 646 S 2d 77 741 Fla 1st CA 1994) WW has

stablishd th inadquat mdy at law and ipaabl injuy quimnts. Ssupa

§ IIIB

WW als has a ca lga ight t a pmannt injunctin S � Bad Rg ts

Stat

f Fa B andThu U ivsit

Suth Flida vTabsk

64 S 2d 74 754 Fla 2d

CA 1994) (stating that Fida cuts unimy cgniz ti ability t gant injunctiv

li t pvnt th injuy th misapppiatin f tad scts ) lucca v GGL

I dustis I c

712 S 2d 116 117 Fa 4th CA 199) (ganting a pmannt injunctin

pusuant t Fla Stat § 6 00)

2 Pursuant to Fa Stat § 706(3), WWE is postg the equed amoun he bond i.e., ce hevalue of te goos suje to the wt

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CONCLSION

For the regong reaon WW repecty reqet the Cort to ) grant t reqet

r a prejdgment wrt o repevn drectng th Sher o Manatee Conty to otan WW

Blackerry commncaton devce at Glennon redence at 1811 Doe Creek Ct arrh

Forida 34219-5042 and B) grant an x par temporary njncton a well a a permanent

njncton ng the llowng rele

1. ordering Glennon to ret WW Backerry commncaton devce to WWimmediately;

ordering Genon and h agent repreentatve and anyone actng n actve

concert wth Genon to ceae and det om ng dcong demnatngmodyng tranng or copyng the nrmaton contaned n the Backerry

3. ordering Glenon o dcloe to WW the name o all ndvdal to whom heha dcoed nrmaton contaned n the Blackey

4 orderng Glenon to dcoe to WW al locaton to whch he ha dcoeddemnated tranrred or coped the nrmaton contaned n the Backerry

5 havng an ndependent cortapponted compter epert and at Genonopton a econd compter epert choen y Glennon) analyze all compter nGennon poeon or contro r the ole prpoe o erang permanently all

te nrmaton that wa downoaded om the Blackerry and to look r anyevdence that ch nrmaton ha een tranmtted or coped and

6 grantng any ch rther ree the Cort deem t and proper.

W HBY CRTIFY that a copy o te regong wa erved on Genon along wth

the mmon and complant n th acton.

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