Sailor Jerry’s Heirs Settle Claims Against Same-Named Rum Maker

The heirs of tattoo artist Norman Keith Collins—better known as Sailor Jerry—settled their claims in Hawaii federal court that the makers of Sailor Jerry rum infringed the late artist’s publicity rights.

A Wednesday court filing in the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii confirmed the parties had reached a settlement. The court said the terms of the settlement were confidential.

After Collins’ death in 1973, his wife entered an oral agreement to sell the contents of his tattoo shop to artist Michael Malone, whom Collins had mentored. Malone asserted that the sale included Sailor Jerry’s intellectual property rights, ...