Jimi Hendrix’s brother should pay at least $400,000 to the successors of the Hendrix estate for using Hendrix copyrights and trademarks without permission, a magistrate judge in New York recommended Wednesday.
Andrew Pitsicalis, Leon Hendrix’s business partner, has already agreed to settle Experience Hendrix LLC and Authentic Hendrix LLC’s claims for $2 million.
The companies, owned and operated by other members of the Hendrix family, own the intellectual property Pitsicalis and Leon Hendrix used to manufacture, advertise, and sell Jimi Hendrix-themed merchandise.
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York should now grant Authentic and Experience’s motion…
