Taylor Swift’s legal team have hit back at a former Las Vegas showgirl, Maren Flagg, after she sought damages and restrictions on Ms Swift’s use of her latest album title – The Life of a Showgirl.
Ms Swift’s team has submitted a formal opposition to a trademark lawsuit brought by Ms Flagg, and dismissed the claims as “absurd” and “meritless”.
The 12th studio album from the Love Story singer, which was released in October 2025, saw a shift in the singer’s music, which she claimed was the beginning of a “new era”.
According to court documents obtained by the Daily Mail, Ms Swift’s lawyers stated: “This motion, just like Maren Flagg’s lawsuit, should never have been filed.”
The album came out in October 2025
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They described the action as “simply Ms Flagg’s latest attempt to use Ms Swift’s name and intellectual property to prop up her brand.”
The team was adamant that the filing was a way for Ms Flagg to capitalise on the album announcement, to which they will continue to argue in court during the hearing, which is scheduled for May 27.
Alongside their argument, Ms Swift’s team intends to show that Ms Flagg never employed the phrase “the life of a showgirl” in her promotional materials before the album was announced.
“Since the album announcement, plaintiff has reframed her brand around the album, flooding her social media accounts with posts attempting to align herself with Ms Swift and the album,” the legal documents state.
Maren Wade, also known as Maren Flagg, sued Ms Swift for copyright
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It has also been claimed by the singer’s lawyers that Ms Flagg has referenced the Blank Space for a multitude of times across her Instagram and TikTok accounts.
Hitting the team hard, Ms Flagg unveiled a new podcast days after the announcement, which allegedly copied Ms Swift’s artwork, logo, title, and taglines.
Ms Flagg’s legal action, filed in March, accuses Ms Swift and UMG Recordings of trademark infringement, false designation, and unfair competition.
The former America’s Got Talent contestant has also claimed she began writing her column – Confessions of a Showgirl – for Las Vegas weekly in 2014.
It documented her experiences as an entertainer, leaving her lawyers to state that she trademarked the brand in 2015 and subsequently expanded it to encompass podcasts, live performances, and television projects.
Ms Flagg’s attorney, Jaymie Parkkinen, told the Daily Mail that her client had “spent more than a decade building” the brand.
Not helping Ms Swift’s case, Ms Flagg’s team claimed that when the Cruel Summer singer attempted to register The Life of a Showgirl with the US Patent and Trademark Office, it was rejected because it was deemed “confusingly similar” to Ms Flagg’s existing trademark.
Mr Parkkinen responded to Swift’s opposition in a statement to Billboard on Thursday and said: “We read it. Defendants assert First Amendment protection for napkins and hairbrushes. We look forward to filing our response next week.”
Not backing down, Ms Swift’s team invoked the First Amendment protections for the album title and maintains there is no possibility of consumer confusion between a globally successful record and a lesser-known cabaret show.
They added that Ms Swift’s “dedicated” fanbase would ever confuse the two products.
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