‘Scuse me while I sue this guy: Hendrix family trademark feud settled

Warring relatives of guitar legend Jimi Hendrix have reached a settlement after going to court over the rights to T-shirts and other merchandise bearing his image. Janie Hendrix, Jimi’s sister, has been at loggerheads with his brother, Leon, over which branch of the family can lay legitimate claim to the lucrative Hendrix name. Now it has been revealed the two sides have reached a deal which would see Leon and his business partner Andrew Pitsicalis in Nevada to pay a settlement over five years. Court documents did not specify how much that would be.

I’d rather chew glass than listen to Hendrix. I never got Hendrix.

Ex-Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman

Seattle-born Hendrix, a pioneering player of the electric guitar, died at age 27 in 1970 with no will, leaving his father to take charge of his estate. Dad, Al Hendrix, died in 2002 after transferring rights to the estate to his adopted daughter Janie Hendrix. The sister, who runs the companies Experience Hendrix and Authentic Hendrix, filed a lawsuit in 2009 against Hendrix Licensing, which was run by Nevada entrepreneur Andrew Pitsicalis with the guitarist’s brother, Leon. Seattle-based federal judge Thomas Zilly in May issued an injunction against Hendrix Licensing, prohibiting the Nevada company from using the face-guitar image or Hendrix’s signature. The judge also banned the firm from using Hendrix’s name in its business, although he stopped short of a blanket bar on anything related to the guitarist.

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