Jimi Hendrix Estate Aims to Settle Trademark Suit for $2 Million

The successors to Jimi Hendrix’s estate have secured a promise to pay $2 million from a man accused of helping the rock musician’s brother profit off of Hendrix’s copyrights and trademarks.

Andrew Pitsicalis has been Leon Hendrix’s partner in Jimi Hendrix-inspired business ventures like Purple Haze Properties, even though Leon was excluded from the musician’s estate in 2002. Experience Hendrix LLC and Authentic Hendrix LLC—the estate’s successors in interest, both of which are controlled by other Hendrix family members—accused Pitsicalis and Leon of unlawfully manufacturing, licensing, and advertising products bearing Jimi’s name and likeness.

The defendants’ active spoilation of documents, ...