Jimi Hendrix Legacy Case Highlights Murkiness of Pot Trademark Disputes

Leon Hendrixs company Purple Haze Properties LLC Partnered With Zippo in 2015 to Release Jimi Hendrix Themed Lighters (PRNewsFoto/Purple Haze Properties LLC)

A federal court has ordered Jimi Hendrix’s brother to pay more than $400,000 over use of the late rock legend’s trademarks in selling goods, including cannabis products.

The July 24 order from U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer from U.S. District Court’s Southern District of New York adopts the recommendations in a July 1 report from a U.S. Magistrate Judge. The case involves trademark and copyright issues, areas in which the cannabis industry has lately seen an