Star Industries
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Star Industries is an alcoholic beverage producer and importer founded in Sunnyside, Queens, New York in 1934. It is today based in Syosset, New York and offers an extensive line of beverage products, including vodka, gin, rum, cachaça, wine, liqueurs and alcopop.
Star's best known product is likely Georgi Vodka, heavily advertised in the New York metropolitan region. Georgi's logo uses the Russian letter Ya in place of a Roman R, an example of Faux Cyrillic.
In 2003, Star Industries sued Bacardi and Anheuser-Busch over the use of a circular "O" on Bacardi's "Bacardi O" alcopop. Judge Harold Baer, Jr. of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York rejected Star's claims. [1]
