PICKETT v. PRINCE

No. 94 C 4740.

52 F.Supp.2d 893 (1999)

Ferdinand PICKETT, Plaintiff, v. PRINCE, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

June 18, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan L. Barry, Wallenstein, Wagner & Hattis, Ltd., Chicago, IL, John J. Lowrey, Lowrey & Smerz, Ltd., Chicago, IL, Byron L. Mason, Turner, Latz & Olmstead, Chicago, IL, Ferdinand Pickett, Chicago, IL, Harvey L. Walner & Associates, Matthew Joseph Gryzlo, Wallenstein & Wagner, Ltd., Chicago, IL, David Graydon Trout, Reda & Associates, P.C., Chicago, IL, for Ferdinand Pickett, Guitar maker and designer, plaintiff.

Steven Francis Molo, Gerald C. Peterson, Marie A. Lona, Adrienne Banks Pitts, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, Monica Petraglia McCabe, Michael S. Elkin, Reid & Priest, LLP, New York, City, for Prince, defendant.

Gerald C. Peterson, Adrienne Banks Pitts, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, Michael S. Elkin, Reid & Priest, LLP, New York, City, for Prince, counter-claimant.

Alan L. Barry, Wallenstein, Wagner & Hattis, Ltd., Chicago, IL, John J. Lowrey, Lowrey & Smerz, Ltd., Chicago, IL, Ferdinand Pickett, Chicago, IL, David Graydon Trout, Reda & Associates, P.C. Chicago, IL, for Ferdinand Pickett, counterdefendant.

Ferdinand Pickett, Chicago, IL, plaintiff pro se.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

PALLMEYER, District Judge.

In a case that has spanned five years, two judges, numerous counsel, and lengthy discovery proceedings; has spawned multiple motions and published orders; and has at last teetered to the brink of trial, the parties debate over the use of the Symbol that has come to identify Defendant,1 the Artist formerly known as Prince. Indeed, Defendant may as well have had this...

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