Lawsuit Filed Against Taylor Swift Over 'The Life of a Showgirl' Album Branding A Las Vegas performer is suing Taylor Swift, claiming the pop star's new album branding infringes on her 'showgirl' trademark. The lawsuit alleges similarities between Swift's album and the performer's 'Confessions of a Showgirl' column, podcast, and live show, citing trademark issues and consumer confusion. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office had reportedly flagged potential conflicts before the album's release. NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - OCTOBER 03: A general view of a Nashville area Starbucks that has been transformed into a Starbies pop up celebrating the release of Taylor Swift's new album "The Life Of A Showgirl" on October 03, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. A Las Vegas performer is suing Taylor Swift, alleging the pop star’s latest album branding infringes on her long-running “showgirl” trademark. Swift’s 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” was announced in August and debuted in October. The album art features art deco imagery and glamorous feathered outfits, leaning into burlesque aesthetics for Swift’s newest era. In a lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, singer and columnist Maren Wade claims Swift’s album branding is too similar to Wade’s newspaper column-turned-show, “Confessions of a Showgirl.” “Both share the same structure, the same dominant phrase, and the same overall commercial impression,” the complaint says. “Both are used in overlapping markets and are directed at the same consumers.” Wade’s weekly column about her life in the entertainment industry launched in Las Vegas Weekly in 2014 and later expanded into a podcast and a live cabaret show. Her “Confessions of a Showgirl” branding has been trademarked since 2015. The lawsuit alleges Swift and her team should have recognized the similarities. “Maren spent more than a decade building CONFESSIONS OF A SHOWGIRL. She registered it. She earned it,” Wade’s attorney, Jaymie Parkkinen, wrote in a statement. “When Taylor Swift’s team applied to register THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL, the Trademark Office refused, finding Swift’s mark confusingly similar.” The lawsuit also claims the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office notified Swift’s team that “The Life of a Showgirl” was likely to be confused with an existing trademark, but that Swift “continued using it anyway” without contacting Wade. Because Swift’s “overwhelming commercial presence” could drown out Wade’s original branding, the lawsuit argues consumers might begin to assume Wade’s brand is an imitation of Swift’s newer one. “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,” Parkkinen added. “That’s what this case is about.” Wade is asking the court to permanently prevent Swift and her companies from using “The Life of a Showgirl” as a brand name on products or services. She is also seeking to have Swift turn over to Wade all profits earned from the sale of goods under the “Life of a Showgirl” branding, along with a jury trial and additional monetary compensation.Toddler dies in alleged DUI crash, 14-year-old driver ID'd as child's mother: reportsSurvey: More than half of Washington clinicians cite mental-health risks from cannabis use More than a decade after Washington legalized recreational cannabis, a new survey suggests many clinicians are increasingly worried about the mental-health riskA Bellevue, Washington, tax preparer who built a client base among tech workers was convicted of assisting in the creation of false tax returns, federal prosecu'Millionaires tax' signed into law by Gov. Bob Ferguson Governor Bob Ferguson has signed the so-called millionaires tax into law, creating a first of its kind income tax for Washington State.XXXWhat the tax doesThe