Taylor Swift sued by Vegas performer for trademark infringement over "The Life of a Showgirl" [CBS News]
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Filed Monday in federal court by Las Vegas performer Maren Wade, the complaint claims Swift titled her hit record despite being aware of its resemblance to the title of a column that Wade penned for Las Vegas Weekly called "Confessions of a Showgirl," centered around anecdotes about her experiences in the entertainment industry. The column was first published in 2014, the document said, and Wade later adapted it into a live show and book by the same name. Wade obtained a registered trademark for "Confessions of a Showgirl" from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 2015. The trademark eventually received "incontestable" status, signaling the owner's right to exclusively use it after having done so consistently for a period of years, according to the lawsuit and the trademark office When Swift later applied to register a trademark of her own for "The Life of a Showgirl," the office denied her application, allegedly on the grounds that the title "is confusingly similar" to Wade's
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