Taylor Swift is building quite a collection of trademarked phrases and words, made popular by her songs.
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The lawsuit was dismissed in themed style by Judge Gail Standish, who littered her summing up with Swift lyrics.
The Love Story singer filed trademark applications in January (15) to stop lyrics from her hits Blank Space and Shake It Off being used on unofficial products and merchandise. In February, Swift sought trademarks for phrases including “this sick beat”, “nice to meet you; where you been” and “party like it’s 1989”. Five applications were reportedly filed for each phrase for different classes of goods and services, including clothes, online retail, printed materials, websites and concerts. The singer now has less commitments on her hand after wrapping up her “1989” World Tour in in Australia Saturday evening.
“Swiftmas” is the latest word Taylor Swift is attempting to trademark, along with the date “1989” which is also the name of her album.
At the risk of playing lawyer, it seems unlikely that if you were born in the same year as Swift and want to write your D.O.B. on a legal form – or simply want to discuss Tiananmen Square and the first year of George Bush Sr.’s presidency – that Swift would sue you. “Tonight we play this show for the very last time”, Swift wrote on Friday night. I’m so honoured I get to share the last night of the 1989 World Tour with all of you. This has been the most incredible adventure.
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According to USA Today, the requests were filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office earlier this month.
