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IN
THE
UNITEDSTATESDISTRICTCOURT
FORTHE
EASTERNDISTRICTOFPENNSYLVANIA
DAVIDRUDOVSKYandLEONARDSOSNOV,Plaintiffs,
v.
WESTPUBLISHINGCORPORATION,WESTSERVICESINC.,ANDTHOMSONLEGALANDREGULATORYINC.t/aTHOMSONWEST,Defendants.CIVILACTIONNO.09-CV-727
ORDER
ANDNOW,this_day
of
April,2009,uponconsideration
of
theplaintiffs'MotionForPreliminaryInjunction,theparties'submissionsinsupportthereofandinoppositionthereto,theargumentsand/orhearingsthereon,andallpriorpleadingsandproceedingshadherein,ITISHEREBYORDEREDthatplaintiffs'MotionisDENIEDwithprejudice.JohnP.Fullam,J.
 
IN
THE
UNITEDSTATES
DISTRICTCOURT
FOR
THE
EASTERN
DISTRICTOF
PENNSYLVANIA
DAVIDRUDOVSKYandLEONARDSOSNOV,Plaintiffs,
v.
WESTPUBLISHINGCORPORATION,WESTSERVICESINC.,ANDTHOMSONLEGALANDREGULATORYINC.t/aTHOMSONWEST,Defendants.CIVILACTION
NO.09-CV-727DEFENDANTS'
MEMORANDUMOFLAWINOPPOSITIONTOPLAINTIFFS'MOTION
FOR
PRELIMINARYINJUNCTION
SATTERLEE
STEPHENSBURKE
&
BURKE
LLP
JamesF.Rittinger,Esquire(adm.
prohacvice)
AaronM.Zeisler,Esquire
(adm.prohacvice)
230ParkAvenueNewYork,NewYork10169Telephone:(212)818-9200
KLEHR,HARRISON,
HARVEY,BRANZBURG
&
ELLERS
LLP
Matthew
1.
Borger,Esquire260SouthBroadStreetPhiladelphia,PA19102-5003Telephone:(215)568-6060Dated:April10,2009
 
TABLEOFCONTENTS
TABLEOFAUTHORITIESiiiPRELIMINARYSTATEMENT1FACTUALBACKGROUND3ARGUMENT
I.
PLAINTIFFSBEARAHIGHBURDENINDEMONSTRATINGANYENTITLEMENTTOPRELIMINARYINJUNCTIVERELIEF9II.PLAINTIFFS'DEMANDFORPRELIMINARYINJUNCTIVERELIEFSHOULDBEDENIED10
A.
PlaintiffsCannotDemonstrateTheRequisiteIrreparableHarm10
B.
PlaintiffsCannotSatisfyTheirBurden
Of
DemonstratingALikelihood
Of
SucceedingOnTheMerits
Of
TheirClaims121.Theparties'2000AgreementclearlycontrolstheTreatiseandpocketpartsupplementatissueinplaintiffs'AmendedComplaint.132.Plaintiffs'statutoryandcommonlawclaimsforfalseendorsement,namemisappropriationandinvasion
of
privacyareincurablydeficient.15a.PlaintiffshavenoviablefalseendorsementclaimundertheLanhamAct(CountII)16b.Plaintiffs'claimunderPennsylvaniaCode
§
8316(a)isspeciousgiventheAgreement(CountIII)17c.Plaintiffs'commonlawclaimfornamemisappropriationisalsospeciousgiventheAgreement(CountV)18d.Plaintiffs'commonlawclaimforinvasion
of
privacy/falselightisnotviablegiventheAgreement(CountVI)193.Plaintiffs'statutoryclaimforfalseadvertisingundertheLanhamActislegallydeficient(CountI)194.Plaintiffs'commonlawclaimfordefamationhasnolegalmerit(CountIV)21
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