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Taylor Swift<\/a> is taking her Life of a Showgirl lawsuit to court.<\/a><\/p>\n Swift is being sued by Vegas showgirl Maren Wade (born Maren Flagg) for trademark infringement. Flagg claims that the megastar stole her brand, Confessions of a Showgirl, and wants Swift to stop profiting from what she claims to be her idea. According to legal documents obtained by Variety, Flagg claims that she and the singer \u201cshare the same structure, the same dominant phrase,<\/a> and the same overall commercial impression. Both are used in overlapping markets and are directed at the same consumers.\u201d Wade trademarked Confessions of a Showgirl in 2015 and has since used the trademark for her podcast, cabaret performances, and a newspaper column. <\/p>\n She wants to block Swift from selling merch pertaining to the album while they wait out a legal order.<\/p>\n A brief has since been filed by Swift’s team on Wednesday, May 6, which claims, \u201cThis motion, just like Maren Flagg\u2019s lawsuit, should never have been filed. It is simply Ms. Flagg\u2019s latest attempt to use Taylor Swift\u2019s name and intellectual property to prop up her brand\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cPlaintiff attempts to broadly lump her cabaret show and defendants\u2019 musical album together as \u2018entertainment services.\u2019 That comparison is absurd,\u201d Swift\u2019s lawyers added.<\/p>\n Swift’s lawyers claim that Flagg has been trying to align herself with the album since it was released back in October 2025.<\/p>\n \u201cSince the album announcement, plaintiff has reframed her brand around the album, flooding her social media accounts with posts attempting to align herself with Ms. Swift and the album,\u201d the brief says. \u201cPrior to the album announcement, plaintiff had never used \u2018the life of a showgirl\u2019 in her social media promotion. Following the announcement, plaintiff used the phrase or posted generally about Ms. Swift or the album over 40 times on her branded Instagram and TikTok accounts.\u201d<\/p>\n