while there was a nephew in the Settimo family named Paolo,
and he was placed in charge, for a period of time, during the combined
Scandalli/Settimo Soprani period, this was not a link by any means
of the Scandalli and Paolo Soprani organizations
perhaps that is where the confusion lies
later, during the Del Turco/Bontiempi period of ownership, in their
offices i only saw the Scandalli and Farfisa brands in their direct
portfolio, though they did catalogue Columbo in the office brochures
i saw zero evidence of them having rights or interest in the Paolo Soprani brand
during the period the factory closed and the company dissolved, and
the rights to various usage of the Brand Name became available for
lease or purchase
obviously any merger of Scandalli and Paolo would have had to be after
the original companies were actually dissolved, and i can find no link of even
combined Brand Name leasing by one parent organization up to and
through the year 2000
does the parent company of the (modern iteration) Scandalli Brand
also control marketing of the Paolo Brand name ?
the Settimo brand name has been split off again (at least for now)
ciao
Ventura