LOS ANGELES (CN) — A performer who has used the name “Confessions of a Showgirl” for a column in the Las Vegas Weekly about her job experiences as well as for a live show asked a federal judge Wednesday to issue a preliminary injunction against Taylor Swift’s use of “The Life of a Showgirl.”
Jaymie Parkkinen, the attorney for Maren Wade, argued at a hearing in downtown Los Angeles that the title of Swift’s 12th studio album she released last year is not an expressive use protected by the First Amendment, as Swift’s attorneys maintain, but rather a source identifier for not just the songs on the album but a slew of merchandise including candles, hairbrushes, and stuffed toys.
Even though Wade has used her registered trademark for 12 years, Parkkinen said, it has now become associated with Swift whose work, he claims, is confusingly similar to Wade’s…