Woody Allen's wife and ex-partner will not be called to testify in a trademark¹ infringement² trial, lawyers for the company he is suing have said.

律师称，Woody Allen的妻子和前合作人不会出庭作证侵犯商标专用权的案件。

Allen married Ms Previn (right), Farrow's adopted daughter, in 1997

Allen claims US company American Apparel used his image on adverts³ without his consent.

The firm's legal team have dismissed reports that they would bring up his relationships with Soon-Yi Previn and Mia Farrow as part of their defence.

The trial is scheduled to start on Monday in New York.

The 73-year-old filmmaker is seeking more than $10m (£6.6m) in damages, a figure contested by American Apparel.

The dispute arose after the company used an image of Allen from his 1977 comedy Annie Hall on one of its hoardings（储藏，囤积）.

'Social statement'

The director, who does not endorse⁴（支持，赞同） products in the US, said he had not authorised the use of the image, which depicted⁵（描述） him dressed as an Hasidic Jew.

Lawyers for the filmmaker had sought to block Ms Previn and Farrow being called to give evidence, claiming such moves were "part of a brutish（野蛮的，残忍的） attempt to smear⁶（涂，抹） and intimidate⁷".

On Thursday, however, American Apparel's lawyer Stuart Slotnick said the company had "no intention of calling Mia Farrow or Mr Allen's wife as witnesses".

Instead, he said, the trial would focus on the right to free speech.

"At trial we will explain how the use of the image from the Annie Hall film was used to make a social statement and address social issues that were already subject to public discourse," he continued.

In 1992, Allen's then-girlfriend Farrow discovered he was having an affair with her adopted daughter Soon-Yi, then 22.

The acrimonious⁸（尖刻的） breakdown⁹ of their relationship created headlines around the world that, Mr Slodnick earlier alleged¹⁰, made the image worth less than the director claims.

In a motion filed earlier this month, however, Allen argued his personal life had no bearing on whether American Apparel unlawfully used his image.

The company has apologised for using his image in the billboards¹¹ which were soon taken down.