Intellectual Property
Mar. 14, 2015
Can I trademark this sick song lyric?
Taylor Swift recently made headlines for attempting to register her song lyrics as trademarks. By Jocelyn M. Belloni and Sharoni S. Finkelstein
Taylor Swift recently made headlines for attempting to register her song lyrics as trademarks. In October of last year, Swift applied to register several song lyrics as trademarks, including:
"This sick beat"
"Nice to meet you. Where you been?"
"Party like it's 1989"
"Cause we never go out of style"
"Could show you incredible things"
Swift's trademark applications left many wondering whether the pop singer can prevent peopl...
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