Opinion ID: 772978
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Heading: Whether the Florida Judgment Decided the Identical Issue

Text: 34 The parties do not seriously dispute whether the Florida judgment decided at least some of the same issues present in this litigation. The Florida court's partial final judgment found that Gold and Goldstein had fraudulently induced the band members into assigning the trademark to the Far Out entities in the 1979 contracts. While the court did not assign the trademark to the band members or enjoin the Far Out entities from asserting the trademark in the future, it did actually and necessarily resolve whether the Far Out entities legitimately obtained ownership in the trademark through the 1979 contracts. If the Florida judgment were to otherwise satisfy the requirements for collateral estoppel, the appellees would be precluded from asserting that they own the trademark as a result of the 1979 contracts. 2 35