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Stoli redesigns spicy vodka following Tabasco lawsuit
['Laurel Deppen']
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Please let us know if you have feedbackStoli changed the packaging for its spicy vodka following a lawsuit from Tabasco owner McIlhenny Company that claimed the original design was too similar to the iconic hot sauce.
McIlhenny previously claimed that Stoli’s Halapeño Pepper Vodka bottle, which included clear glass with a narrow neck, red cap and green label, was confusingly similar to Tabasco hot sauce.
Stoli and McIlhenny were in talks to collaborate on a spicy vodka in late 2024, McIlhenny claimed in the lawsuit, but the hot sauce maker “ultimately decided to go in a different direction and terminated discussions.”
Around the same time as Stoli’s product launch, Tabasco collaborated with Absolut on a similar product.
A federal judge sided with the Tabasco maker and ordered that Stoli may not infringe on Tabasco’s disputed trade dress rights.