DECISION & ORDER INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Mrs. United States National Pageant, Inc. (“USNP”), a producer of beauty pageants and owner of various trademarks associated with the pageant business, filed this action on August 13, 2018 against defendants Stephanie L. Williams (“Williams”), a former licensee of USNP, and Crown Garland LLC (“Crown Garland”) and Cosmos International Pageants, Inc. (“Cosmos”), two pageant businesses operated by Williams, alleging trademark infringement, unfair competition, violations of New York General Business Law Section 349, misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of contract relating to the parties’ 2016 and 2017 license agreements, tortious interference with contracts, tortious interference with prospective contractual relations, injurious falsehood, conversion, replevin, unjust enrichment, and breach of fiduciary duty. (Docket # 1). On February 26, 2020, defendants filed an Amended Answer with Counterclaims against USNP and third-party claims against third-party defendant Anthony Ilacqua (“Ilacqua”), who worked as USNP’s Director of Operations, alleging breach of oral agreement, unjust enrichment, and tortious interference with contractual relations. (Docket # 45). The numerous claims, counterclaims and third-party claims arise from and relate to the deterioration and termination of the relationship between the parties and the alleged consequences thereof. Following proceedings relating to USNP’s motion for injunctive relief (Docket ## 7, 8, 18, 21, 25, 26) and completion of discovery, the parties filed competing motions for summary judgment pursuant to Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.1 (Docket ## 62, 63). Specifically, defendants moved for dismissal of all USNP’s causes of action and for judgment in their favor on their counterclaim and third-party claim for tortious interference with contractual relations (see Docket # 62), and USNP and Ilacqua2 sought dismissal of defendants’ counterclaims and third-party claims and judgment in their favor on each of USNP’s causes of action except those for misappropriation of trade secrets, replevin, and unjust enrichment (see Docket # 63). The motions were held in abeyance for several months at USNP’s request due to the withdrawal of USNP’s former counsel. (Docket ## 69-84). This Court conducted oral argument on the parties’ dispositive motions on July 14, 2022. (Docket # 90). At argument, USNP withdrew its claims for misappropriation of trade secrets and breach of fiduciary duty, and those claims were dismissed with prejudice. (Docket ## 89, 90). After lengthy argument, this Court resolved the motions with respect to all the claims except one — defendants’ fourth counterclaim for tortious interference with contractual relations. (Id.). With respect to the resolved claims, this Court determined that genuine disputes of material fact existed that precluded judgment as a matter of law on (1) USNP’s claim for breach of contract based upon defendants’ alleged breaches of the 2016 and 2017 license agreements with USNP requiring defendants to promote, finance and produce state and national beauty pageants, to pay registration fees owed to USNP under the agreements, to turn over materials to USNP upon the conclusion of the July 2018 national pageant, and to act in accordance with their duty of good faith and fair dealing (Docket # 1, Eighth Cause of Action, at
173-76) and (2) defendants’ claim for breach of oral agreement (Docket # 45, First Counterclaim, at
