Gabbanelli Accordions & Imports v. Ditta Gabbanelli Ubaldo Di Elio Gabbanelli

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This suit under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1051 et seq., grows out of a protracted family dispute over trademarks. The district judge, on the plaintiffs motion for summary judgment, awarded the plaintiff, which we’ll call “American Gabbanelli,” a permanent injunction, damages, and attorneys’ fees. The defendant, which we’ll call “Italian Gabbanelli,” appeals.

American Gabbanelli began life in the mid-1960s as the U.S. distributor for the predecessor of Italian Gabbanelli, a manufacturer of accordions in Italy. In 1996 and 1997 American Gabbanelli obtained registered…