Talk Fusion, Inc. v. Ulrich et al

Filing 11

ORDER granting 10 Amended Motion for Temporary Restraining Order. Signed by Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington on 5/31/2011. (CR)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
TAMPA DIVISION

TALK FUSION, INC., a Florida corporation,
Plaintiff,
Case No. 8:11-cv-01134-T-33AEP
v.
J.J. ULRICH, an individual, JOE READ, an
individual, and WOWWE, INC., a Nevada
corporation, and WOWWE MEDIA, LLC,
a Nevada limited liability company,
Defendants.
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AMENDED TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER

Upon consideration of Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint, Amended Motion for a
Temporary Restraining Order, and the Amended Affidavit of Robert Reina, and having
determined that:
1.

Defendants, J.J. Ulrich (“Ulrich”) and Joe Read (“Read”), are former

independent Associates of Plaintiff, Talk Fusion, Inc. (“Talk Fusion”). Defendants, WowWe,
Inc. and WowWe Media, LLC (hereinafter referred to collectively as “I Wow We”), are
competitors of Talk Fusion.
2.

Talk Fusion is being injured by Ulrich’s and Read’s acquisition and use of Talk

Fusion’s confidential, proprietary, and trade secret information to solicit Talk Fusion’s
Associates and customers to leave Talk Fusion and join I Wow We. I Wow We, through
WowWe, Inc. and WowWe Media, LLC, is acting in concert with Ulrich and Read to solicit
Talk Fusion’s Associates and customers.

3.

Talk Fusion has suffered and will continue to suffer irreparable injury due to

Defendants’ conduct.
4.

Plaintiff has no adequate remedy at law.

5.

Greater injury will be inflicted upon Talk Fusion by denial of a temporary

restraining order than would be inflicted upon Defendants by granting of such relief. It is in the
public’s interest that the relief is granted to prohibit Defendants from violating their contractual
and other duties to Talk Fusion.
6.

The relief granted herein without notice is necessary to prevent further harm to

Talk Fusion pending resolution of the preliminary injunctive relief requested by Talk Fusion.
It is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that:
A.

The Motion is granted to the extent provided herein.

B.

Talk Fusion shall post security in the amount of $5,000.00 in accordance with

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(c) by no later than May 31, 2011.
C.

In accordance with Rule 65(b)(2), Fed. R. Civ. P., this Order shall remain in full

force and effect until 5:00 p.m. on June 7, 2011, at which time it shall expire by its terms
unless extended by this Court upon good cause shown, by consent of the parties, or by entry of
a subsequent preliminary injunction by this Court. A hearing to consider the motion for
preliminary injunctive relief requested by Talk Fusion shall be held on June 6, 2011, at 2:00
p.m. before Judge Porcelli in Courtroom 10A of the Sam M. Gibbons U.S. Courthouse, located
at 801 North Florida Avenue, Tampa, Florida 33602.
D.

Defendants Ulrich and Read are immediately enjoined and restrained, directly or

indirectly, and whether alone or in concert with others, including any officer, agent, employee,
and/or representative of Defendants, WowWe, Inc. and WowWe Media, LLC, until hearing and

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thereafter until further Order of this Court from:
1)

soliciting, recruiting, or otherwise initiating any further contact or

communication with any Talk Fusion Associate or customer, with the exception of an
Associate who was personally sponsored by Ulrich or Read, for the purpose of inviting
recruiting, encouraging, or requesting to join I Wow We or any other network
marketing business;
2)

using, disclosing, or transmitting for any purpose, including solicitation

of said Associates and customers, the information contained in the records of Talk
Fusion or concerning its Associates and customers, including, but not limited to the
names, addresses, and genealogy information; and
3)

destroying, erasing, or otherwise making unavailable for further

proceedings in this matter, or in any arbitration proceeding between the parties, any
records or documents (including data or information maintained in computer media) in
Defendants’ possession or control which pertain to or which relate to any of the events
alleged in the Complaint in this action.
E.

WowWe, Inc. and WowWe Media, LLC are immediately enjoined and

restrained from using any of Talk Fusion’s confidential information and acting in concert with
Ulrich and/or Read to solicit or recruit any Talk Fusion Associate or customer to join I Wow
We.
F.

Defendants, and anyone acting in concert or participation with Defendants,

specifically including any agent, employee, officer, or representative of Defendants, WowWe,
Inc. and WowWe Media, LLC, are further ordered to return to Talk Fusion’s counsel any and
all records, documents, and/or other types of information pertaining to Talk Fusion Associates

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and customers (“Customer Information”), whether in original, copied, handwritten,
computerized (including computer software, disks, computer hard drive and/or any other type
of computer or digital information storage device), or memorialized in any other form, within
twenty-four (24) hours of notice to Defendants or their counsel of the terms of this Order.
G.

Defendants, and anyone acting in concert with Defendants, is precluded from

reconstituting or in any way restoring any Customer Information deleted pursuant to this
paragraph and returned to Talk Fusion pursuant to paragraph (F) above.
H.

The parties are granted leave to commence discovery, including depositions,

immediately in aid of preliminary injunction proceedings before this Court.
I.

Plaintiff is directed to obtain immediate service of process on Defendants. In

addition to the summons, complaint and this Amended Temporary Restraining Order, Plaintiff
must also serve all motions, briefs, affidavits, and exhibits submitted to the Court, as well as
such additional affidavits or other papers upon which it will rely in seeking to convert the
temporary restraining order into a preliminary injunction.
DONE and ORDERED in Chambers in Tampa, Florida, this 31st day of May, 2011.

Copies furnished to:
Counsel/Parties of Record

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