Liqueursmight not be the first affair you think of when you think about Jimi Hendrix . Nevertheless , a dispute over a liqueur has his siblings on opposite sides of a trademark infringement causa .
Authentic Hendrix LLC ( place up by Jimi ’s Father of the Church James “ Al ” Hendrix ) and Experience Hendrix LLC ( run by the musician ’s sister Janie Hendrix ) have taken Tiger Paw Distributors LLC to court . Tiger Paw ca-ca a liqueur scream Purple Haze in collaboration with Jimi ’s comrade Leon Hendrix . accord to Tiger Paw’swebsite , Purple Haze is “ a 34 - proof concoction of vodka , Cognac and novel and alien Berry . ” Somehow , we ca n’t project the hard - party player regulate one .
Though the plaintiff secured a fond enjoining from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia , the booze shaper will be allowed to continue making the cordial and calling it Purple Haze . The homage ruled that the mathematical product is not exchangeable enough to trademarked imagery to confuse client . Neither Authentic Hendrix nor Experience Hendrix pop the question a vie product .
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The ruling did n’t go all Tiger Paw ’s way , however . According toBloomberg Law , the royal court forbade the companionship from using Jimi ’s signature or his first name ( include on the company ’s now - shutter website , http://www.jimipurplehaze.com/ ) .
That did n’t discontinue Tiger Paw from egress apress releasedetailing how they had been “ victorious ” in the case as they will be allowed to use the initials PH ( one varsity letter different from Jimi ’s initials ) along with an paradigm of a spectral figure vaguely resembling the musician .
Tiger Paw ’s main website explains that Purple Haze Liqueur was launch in 2015 as the first of a product line of spirits inspired by Jimi ’s famous line . The ship’s company plan to release flavored versions of Purple Haze ( coconut , cinnamon , horchata and pineapple ) , along with Voodoo Child CazuelaTequila . It ’s unclear as to how the ruling will affect Tiger Paw ’s forthcoming releases .
We ’re all for complimentary love here atSupercall , but we are also firm believer in consent . And so we ’ll be holding off on our Castles Made of Blood and Sand and Wind Cries Bloody Maries , until the Hendrix crime syndicate can all hold hands and get along .
