A Las Vegas showgirl is suing Taylor Swift over the singer's use of "The Life of a Showgirl."
Maren Flagg, a performer who goes by the stage name Maren Wade, filed a federal lawsuit March 30 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, accusing Swift and her affiliated companies of trademark infringement tied to the title of Swift's latest era.
The complaint names Swift, TAS Rights Management, UMG Recordings and Bravado International Group Merchandising Services as defendants, alleging they infringed on Wade's long-running brand, "Confessions of a Showgirl."
According to the lawsuit, Wade has spent more than a decade building that brand through live performances, writing and digital media, tracing its origins back to a Las Vegas Weekly column in 2014 that evolved into a touring stage production. The mark was federally registered in 2015 and has since achieved incontestable status, a legal designation that strengthens ownership rights.
"The similarity between 'Confessions of a Showgirl' and 'The Life of a Showgirl' is immediate," the complaint states, pointing to the shared "of a showgirl" structure and arguing the marks create a similar commercial impression.
