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ERMENEGILDO ZEGNA CORP. v. ZEGNA

No. 1981, Docket 96-9717.

133 F.3d 177 (1998)

ERMENEGILDO ZEGNA CORPORATION and Lanificio Ermenegildo Zegna, S.p.A., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Lanificio Mario ZEGNA, S.p.A., Defendant-Appellee, Sespi Sette Spighe, S.p.A. and Romeo Fashions, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 6, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan M. Jacobson, New York City. (Alan Siegel, David M. Zensky, Drew H. Cohen, Erika K. Thomas, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., on brief), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

William R. Hansen, New York City. (Paul W. Garrity, Nims, Howes, Collison, Hensen & Lackert, on brief), for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: WINTER, Chief Judge, JACOBS and LEVAL, Circuit Judges.

JACOBS, Circuit Judge:

On and off since 1941, rival branches of the Zegna family have been disputing each other's use of the ZEGNA name in connection with the manufacture or marketing of high-end woolen fabrics and clothing. Ten years ago, the rival companies — Ermenegildo Zegna Corporation ("EZC") and Lanificio Mario Zegna, S.p.A. ("LMZ") — settled litigation pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York by entering...

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