{"id":2166849,"date":"2025-11-19T17:20:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T17:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2166849"},"modified":"2025-11-19T17:20:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T17:20:22","slug":"eminem-takes-legal-action-in-slim-shady-vs-swim-shady-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/eminem-takes-legal-action-in-slim-shady-vs-swim-shady-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"Eminem takes legal action in Slim Shady vs. Swim Shady drama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\">\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:100%;height:100%;z-index:2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/videos\/videoelephant\/thumbnails\/76758475007.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>Eminem&#8217;s mother Debbie Nelson dies aged 69<\/p>\n<p>Debbie Nelson, the mother of rap legend Eminem, passed away Monday night in St. Joseph, Missouri, at the age of 69 following a long battle with cancer.<\/p>\n<p>unbranded &#8211; Entertainment<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/brian-mccollum\/2025\/11\/16\/jack-white-detroit-lions-thanksgiving-halftime-eminem\/87304846007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/brian-mccollum\/2025\/11\/16\/jack-white-detroit-lions-thanksgiving-halftime-eminem\/87304846007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rapper Eminem<\/a> is taking an Australian swimwear brand to court, alleging that their name, Swim Shady, is too close to his <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2024\/07\/12\/eminem-the-death-of-slim-shady-coup-de-grace-songs\/74369004007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2024\/07\/12\/eminem-the-death-of-slim-shady-coup-de-grace-songs\/74369004007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">music alter ego, Slim Shady.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2025\/04\/04\/eminem-grandpa-hailie-jade-baby-boy\/82885814007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2025\/04\/04\/eminem-grandpa-hailie-jade-baby-boy\/82885814007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The renowned rhymer,<\/a> whose legal name is <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2025\/03\/19\/eminem-engineer-charged-fbi-joseph-strange-songs-leak\/82552534007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2025\/03\/19\/eminem-engineer-charged-fbi-joseph-strange-songs-leak\/82552534007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marshall B. Mathers III,<\/a> filed a petition on Sept. 29 obtained by USA TODAY, alleging that the brand&#8217;s own trademark violates his trademark on the name &#8220;Shady&#8221; and implies a false association between him and the products. Swim Shady is compelled by the court to respond by Nov. 28.<\/p>\n<p>Citing the &#8220;time, effort, and money in promoting his name&#8221; that <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2024\/07\/22\/eminem-taylor-swift-death-of-slim-shady\/74502851007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2024\/07\/22\/eminem-taylor-swift-death-of-slim-shady\/74502851007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mathers<\/a> has exhausted, the rapper asked the United States Patent and Trademark Office to cancel Swim Shady&#8217;s trademark in the court filing. Arguing that fans who have bought into <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2024\/05\/15\/eminems-slim-shady-eulogized-obituary-newspaper\/73698143007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2024\/05\/15\/eminems-slim-shady-eulogized-obituary-newspaper\/73698143007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Slim Shady image<\/a>, or his merchandise, have come to expect a certain quality, Mathers&#8217; team alleges that Swim Shady is riding his coattails.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">On new &#8216;The Death of Slim Shady&#8217; <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2024\/07\/12\/eminem-the-death-of-slim-shady-coup-de-grace-songs\/74369004007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">album, Eminem slays his alter ego<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In using a name so closely associated with the rapper, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/lions\/2025\/11\/13\/lions-eminem-thanksgiving-halftime-show\/87248463007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/lions\/2025\/11\/13\/lions-eminem-thanksgiving-halftime-show\/87248463007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mathers&#8217;<\/a> filing argues consumers are &#8220;likely to be confused&#8221; and that the swapping of just one letter &#8220;does not serve to distinguish&#8221; the brand enough.<\/p>\n<p>Alleging one count of dilution and one count of confusion, Mathers&#8217; filing argues that the continued use of the name Swim Shady could &#8220;seriously injure the reputation&#8221; of his own brand or cause &#8220;blurring and tarnishment of the distinctive quality&#8221; of his own name.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/entertainment\/music\/eminem\/\" data-autotag=\"659d1857-c643-4f2c-af22-0ba8921bbdad\">Eminem<\/a>&#8216;s former studio engineer <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2025\/03\/19\/eminem-engineer-charged-fbi-joseph-strange-songs-leak\/82552534007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">charged by FBI in songs leak investigation<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>USA TODAY has reached out to Swim Shady and Mathers&#8217; team for comment.<\/p>\n<p>In a notice to both parties Sept. 29, the United States Patent and Trademark Office set the proceedings to begin in December, with the deadline for discovery on Dec. 28. An optional oral hearing was set for May 2, 2027.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usatoday.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eminem&#8217;s mother Debbie Nelson dies aged 69 Debbie Nelson, the mother of rap legend Eminem, passed away Monday night in St. Joseph, Missouri, at the age of 69 following a long battle with cancer. unbranded &#8211; Entertainment Rapper Eminem is taking an Australian swimwear brand to court, alleging that their name, Swim Shady, is too [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2166850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[39915,22220,21823,21751,239390,6297,21961,21741,353329,21944,403662,351952,22240,239389,21739,298114,74947,21738,30600,305412,239343,239420,31765,310540,310542,346606,22476,239344,100640,239391],"class_list":["post-2166849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-affiliate","tag-arts","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrities-u0026-entertainment-news","tag-eamotion","tag-eminem","tag-entertainment","tag-fbi","tag-hip-hop","tag-intellectual","tag-intellectual-property","tag-life","tag-life-now","tag-local","tag-local-affiliate-arts-u0026-entertainment","tag-negative","tag-news","tag-now","tag-optimized","tag-overall","tag-overall-negative","tag-property","tag-seo","tag-seo-team-optimized","tag-swimwear","tag-team","tag-u0026","tag-urban","tag-urban-u0026-hip-hop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Eminem-takes-legal-action-in-Slim-Shady-vs-Swim-Shady.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2166849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2166849"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2166849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2166851,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2166849\/revisions\/2166851"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2166850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2166849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2166849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2166849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}