The singer’s legal team alleges that Maren Flagg is instead attempting to use Swift’s name to promote her brand.

Taylor Swift attorneys blast performer’s ‘Showgirl’ trademark infringement lawsuit as ‘absurd’

The singer's legal team alleges that Maren Flagg is instead attempting to use Swift's name to promote her brand.

By Raechal Shewfelt

Raechal Shewfelt

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Taylor Swift's latest album is 'The Life of a Showgirl'. Credit:

Mert Alas & Marcus Piggot

- In a new court filing, Taylor Swift's legal team says a lawsuit alleging that her album *The Life of a Showgirl* is a trademark infringement is 'absurd.'

- The singer's lawyers argue that Maren Flagg, who filed the lawsuit, has instead attempted to use Swift's name for her brand.

- Flagg's lawyers tell ** that they will file a response next week

Lawyers for Taylor Swift don't think much of the lawsuit claiming that her use of *The Life of a Showgirl*, the name of her 2025 album, is a trademark infringement.

On Wednesday, the "Fate of Ophelia" singer's legal team filed a brief calling the lawsuit "absurd," in response to the plaintiff's request for a preliminary injunction to stop Swift from using the phrase.

"This motion, just like Maren Flagg’s lawsuit, should never have been filed," Swift's legal team wrote in documents obtained by **. "It is simply Ms. Flagg's latest attempt to use Taylor Swift's name and intellectual property to prop up her brand."

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Flagg, who performs as Maren Wade, trademarked "Confessions of a Showgirl" in 2015. She filed the lawsuit against Swift in March in the United States District Court in California.

The singer's legal team insisted in the new filing, however, that it's unlikely someone would mistake Swift's record for Flagg's work, which has included a column for *Las Vegas Weekly* and a touring production.

They also noted that Flagg had not maintained her website, which notes that she's appeared on reality show *America's Got Talent*. Her blog has not been since 2021, and her book, *Confessions of a Showgirl*, is labeled as "out of stock." A podcast with the same title, listed on Apple Podcasts, never materialized.

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In fact, they allege, the podcast was first teased several days after Swift announced her forthcoming album's title. The description of the teaser promises the show will discuss "what happens when the world’s biggest pop star suddenly comes out as a showgirl too."

Swift's team accused Flagg of referring to Swift's album multiple times on social media after it was announced.

Flagg's attorney, Jaymie Parkkinen, provided a statement on the new filing to **: "We have read Defendants' papers. The Trademark Office refused Defendants' mark, and rather than engage that finding, the arguments are about, well, almost anything else. We file our response next week."

'The Life of a Showgirl' by Taylor Swift.

Mert Alas & Marcus Piggot

When the suit was filed, Parkkinen said in a statement to *Rolling Stone*, "Maren spent more than a decade building *Confessions of a Showgirl*. She registered it. She earned it. When Taylor Swift’s team applied to register *The Life of a Showgirl*, the Trademark Office refused, finding Swift's mark confusingly similar. We have great respect for Swift's talent and success, but trademark law exists to ensure that creators at all levels can protect what they've built. That’s what this case is about."

A date has not been set for the trial.

While the case continues, so does the success of Swift's album. After its release in October, it became the fastest-selling album in history — a feat even for Swift — and so far has spawned the hits "The Fate of Ophelia," "Opalite," and "Elizabeth Taylor."

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