No More Hendrix Vodka
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You can't just use a dead rock star's name on your vodka: Judge orders Hendrix Vodka pulled from shelves, $3.2 million settlement.

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.

Bottles of Electric Hendrix Vodka must also immediately be pulled from liquor-store shelves and all advertising and marketing of the spirit must cease.

Tip: You can get an empty bottle on eBay for $99.99.

You are bidding on the purple bottle. It seems as though there may have been two other bottle designs that were never released.

The Bottle does seem to glow under a black light!

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