Overview
- Maren Wade filed a federal lawsuit in California against Taylor Swift and UMG for trademark infringement following the 2025 release of The Life of a Showgirl.
- Wade says she has priority through Confessions of a Showgirl, which started as a 2014 Las Vegas Weekly column and became a registered trademark in 2015.
- Her complaint says the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office refused to register The Life of a Showgirl as confusingly similar to her mark.
- She seeks an injunction and unspecified damages, arguing Swift used the phrase on products and marketing that reach the same audience and create a risk of confusion.
- Swift and her team have not commented, and coverage notes she could try to buy rights from Wade or keep fighting the case in court.