Overview
- Las Vegas performer Maren Flagg, who works as Maren Wade, asked a federal judge on Tuesday to halt sales of Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl merchandise while her trademark suit proceeds.
- Flagg says she holds the 2015 federal trademark for Confessions of a Showgirl and argues Swift’s album branding is confusingly close to her mark.
- The filing notes the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office previously refused Swift’s application to register The Life of a Showgirl because it was likely to be confused with Flagg’s mark.
- Her motion claims “reverse confusion,” saying Swift’s scale has drowned out her brand online, with Google and YouTube searches now surfacing Swift results before her own.
- Flagg points to a dedicated Showgirl retail site, national brand tie‑ins, and trademark filings across 14 international classes, and the court has set a May 27 hearing in Los Angeles; Swift’s camp has not commented.