A federal appeals court has upheld the constitutionality of Washington’s publicity rights law in a trademark dispute over the rights to singer and guitarist Jimi Hendrix’s name and likeness.

Experience Hendrix LLC, a Seattle company owned by Hendrix’s family members, owns the rights to the late rock legend, according to court records. It claimed in a 2009 suit that HendrixLicensing.com LLC and its owner, Andrew Pitsicalis, were licensing merchandise in violation of its trademarks.