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IN RE GUCCI

Nos. 1368, 1369, 1370 and 1371, Dockets 96-5138, 96-5142, 96-5144, 96-5146 and 96-3133.

126 F.3d 380 (1997)

In re Paolo GUCCI, Debtor. LICENSING BY PAOLO, INC., Paolo Gucci Design Studio, Ltd. and Trackwise Sales Corporation and Orologi Paolo, Inc., Appellants, v. Frank G. SINATRA, as Trustee of the Substantively Consolidated Estates of Paolo Gucci, et al.; Guccio Gucci, S.p.A. and Gucci America, Incorporated, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided September 29, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin Goldstein, Washington, DC (William L. Miller, Goldstein & Claxton, P.C., Washington, DC; David C. Erdos, Erdos & Maddox, L.L.C., Stamford, CT, of counsel), for Appellants Paolo Gucci Design Studio, Ltd. and Licensing By Paolo, Inc.

Allan C. Samuels, Kenneth D. Greenwald, New York City (Lawrence J. Reina, Parker Duryee Rosoff & Haft, New York City, of counsel), for Appellant Orologi Paolo, Inc.

Michael S. Kimm, Hackensack, NJ, for Appellant Trackwise Sales Corp.

Jonathan L. Flaxer, New York City (John A. Bougiamas, Scott H. Wyner, Winick & Rich, P.C., New York City, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellee Frank G. Sinatra.

Robert F. Serio, New York City (Kevin W. Barrett, Marshall R. King, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York City, of counsel), for Appellee Guccio Gucci S.p.A.; Allan A. Tuttle, George M. Borababy, Patton Boggs, LLP, Washington, DC, of counsel, for Appellee Gucci America, Inc.

Before: KEARSE and CARDAMONE, Circuit Judges, and POLLACK, District Judge.

CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

This appeal represents the final chapter in the long history of Paolo Gucci's battle with appellees Guccio Gucci, S.p.A. and Gucci America, Inc. (collectively referred to as Guccio Gucci or the Gucci companies) over the use of the Gucci family name to market consumer goods — a battle that continues after Paolo Gucci's death. It began when Paolo Gucci, who was the chief designer in the family's business in Italy, left Guccio Gucci to...

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