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Sure, dreaming of a fairy-tale Brad-and-Jennifer wedding is just fine. But get your own damn rings.

That's the latest message from the cutie celebrity supercouple, as Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston have filed a $50 million federal lawsuit against the Italian jewelry designer who crafted the wedding bands they swapped last July.

The pair claims Damiani International agreed to never reproduce the one-of-a-kind bands--including an engagement ring for Aniston designed by her hubby-to-be. But instead, they say Damiani exploited the deal by manufacturing and selling "Brad and Jennifer" knockoffs, hawking them on the Internet and at Damiani dealerships.

"Damiani was nevertheless bent on obtaining just that--the type of publicity that money can't buy: The purported endorsement and sponsorship of perhaps the world's most recognizable couple," according to the complaint, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles and obtained by L.A.'s City News Service.

Damiani International allegedly promoted the rings as the "Brad & Jennifer white-gold wedding bands with diamonds," using the stars' images to sell the rings at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas and a dealership in Palm Desert.

The original bands were white gold--Pitt's was engraved with "Jen 2000" and had 10 diamonds embedded in the ring, while Aniston's was engraved with "Brad 2000" and had 20 diamonds. The bands being sold by Damiani are available in 18 karat white or yellow gold, featuring either 12 or 13 diamonds and costing about $1,000 apiece.

Pitt and Aniston are seeking an injunction preventing Damiani from selling the rings or using their names or likeness. "Damiani essentially made Pitt and Aniston serve as its unwilling 'shills,' hawking its jewelry to potential customers," the suit reads.

Reps for Damiani said they had not yet seen the lawsuit and couldn't immediately comment. The family business, founded in 1924 by Enrico Grassi Damiani, is based in Milan and recently featured a more willing spokeswoman in actress Isabella Rossellini.

But as one of the most talked-about celeb weddings of the past year, Brad and Jennifer's nuptials were bound to have some folks cashing in. Pitt, 37, and Aniston, 32, exchanged vows under a white tent in Malibu last summer, in a star-studded gathering swarmed by paparazzi and TV news cameras, and ended up costing a reported $1 million.