That’s a lotta dough!

A long-running battle between a pair of famed Italian eateries over the “Patsy’s” name has exploded once again, with a Harlem pizzeria with the name receiving a $300,000 penalty for repeatedly violating a two-decade old court order barring them from trademarking the disputed moniker.

Frank Brija, who owns uptown’s Patsy’s Pizzaria, was found in contempt of the court order for the third time since it was issued in 2001 — a move that will cost Brija $300,000, plus attorney’s fees, according to a decision released last week. 5

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The saucy drama has its roots in a 1999 lawsuit filed by Patsy’s Italian Restaurant on West 56th Street, a former Frank Sinatra favorite.

They initially sued the similarly-named Harlem pizza joint in 1999 for infringing on its tradem

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