Maren Flagg v. Taylor Swift

# Litigation Brief: Flagg v. Swift et al. **Case No. 2:26-cv-03354 (C.D. Cal., filed Mar. 30, 2026)** --- **Plaintiff:** Maren Flagg (a/k/a Maren Wade), individual, Nevada resident; singer, songwriter, comedian, and writer. **Defendant:** Taylor Swift (individual); TAS Rights Management, LLC (TN); UMG Recordings, Inc. (DE/Santa Monica); Bravado International Group Merchandising Services Inc. (CA/Santa Monica). **Core allegation:** Plaintiff owns incontestable federal trademark Registration No. 4,800,625 for CONFESSIONS OF A SHOWGIRL (Cl. 41, entertainment services), in continuous use since 2014. Beginning in August 2025, Defendants adopted THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL as a source-identifying designation on a coordinated line of consumer merchandise, despite a USPTO refusal of their own application on likelihood-of-confusion grounds, constituting reverse confusion trademark infringement under the Lanham Act. **Asserted IP:** - U.S. Trademark Reg. No. 4,800,625 — CONFESSIONS OF A SHOWGIRL (Int'l Class 41; incontestable status under 15 U.S.C. § 1065) **Relief sought:** Injunctive relief, damages, and statewide/nationwide relief; jury trial demanded (specific monetary amounts not yet pleaded in extracted text). **Why it matters:** The case tests the reverse-confusion doctrine against one of the most aggressive trademark-enforcing entertainers in the industry, and the USPTO's pre-litigation refusal of Defendants' own application gives Plaintiff an unusually strong actual-notice argument.