Type: | VODKA |
Flavor: | Unflavored |
Made From: | Distilled From Grain |
Produced By: | ELECTRIC HENDRIX, LLC |
Origin: | Rigby, Id. U.S.A. |
Proof: | 80 |
Age: | 0 |
Importer: | Made In The U.S.A. |
Location: | Rigby, Id. |
The makers of a specialty vodka named after famed Seattle rocker Jimi Hendrix have been ordered by a federal judge in Seattle to pay $3.2 million in damages for infringing on trademarks and licensing rights owned by the late guitarist’s estate.
The judgment ends a bitter legal battle that was sparked after local businessman and developer Craig Dieffenbach and Hendrix’s half-brother, Leon Hendrix, began marketing Electric Hendrix Vodka in 2005. In addition to the family name, the purple-tinged bottles also bore “an older” image of Jimi Hendrix with a large Afro.