Swift Team Opposes Showgirl Trademark Injunction

Taylor Swift's legal team has fired back at a trademark infringement lawsuit filed by Las Vegas performer Maren Flagg, who claims the pop star's album title "The Life of a Showgirl" violates her longstanding mark for "Confessions of a Showgirl."

Flagg, who performs under the stage name Maren Wade, filed the suit in late March in U.S. District Court in California. She registered "Confessions of a Showgirl" in 2015 and has used it for cabaret shows, a podcast and a newspaper column. Her complaint argues that Swift's album title shares a similar structure and commercial impression, targeting overlapping audiences in entertainment markets. Flagg seeks a preliminary injunction to halt Swift's sales of related merchandise, citing harm to her brand from diminished search visibility and consumer confusion.

In a brief filed Wednesday opposing the injunction, Swift's attorneys from Venable LLP called the lawsuit meritless. "This motion, just like Maren Flagg's lawsuit, should never have been filed," the filing states. "It is simply Ms. Flagg's latest attempt to use Taylor Swift's name and intellectual property to prop up her brand." The lawyers described any comparison between Flagg's...