{"id":10639,"date":"2026-05-09T23:52:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T23:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/taylor-swift-trademark-list-from-swiftie-to-taylors-version\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T23:52:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T23:52:03","slug":"taylor-swift-trademark-list-from-swiftie-to-taylors-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/taylor-swift-trademark-list-from-swiftie-to-taylors-version\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Swift Trademark List, From ‘Swiftie’ to ‘Taylor’s Version’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\tTaylor Swift is fiercely protective of her intellectual property. The world learned this during the pop superstar\u2019s well-publicized pursuit to own her music by re-recording \u2014 then eventually buying back \u2014 her back catalog masters. Behind the scenes, Swift has also spent the last two decades quietly building a formidable trademark portfolio.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn addition to now owning all of her music, Swift has more than 150 trademarks, giving her ownership over various uses of her name, initials, most of her album titles, various song titles, lyrics and numerous words and phrases including \u201cSwiftie,\u201d \u201cSwiftmas\u201d and \u201cTaylor\u2019s Version.\u201d She even has a trademark on the names of her cats.<\/p>\n

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\n\tIt\u2019s common for artists to file legal protections for words associated with their work; stars like Beyonc\u00e9, Justin Bieber and Bad Bunny also hold large trademark portfolios. This means that when someone else tries to use an artist\u2019s name or work without permission, the artist has the weight of the law behind them to stop it. Indeed, Swift\u2019s legal team has taken advantage of these enforcement rights over the years to crack down on everything from counterfeit merch to a \u201cSwift Home\u201d bedding line.<\/p>\n

\n\tSwift does not own every trademark she\u2019s ever applied for. To the contrary, her team has put in more than 300 submissions to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office over the course of her career \u2014 more than double the number of trademarks she now owns. Some of these include marks she once registered but later allowed to expire once their use ran out, like \u201cThe 1989 World Tour\u201d.<\/p>\n

\n\tOther filings have been abandoned by Swift\u2019s team before the completion of the lengthy Trademark Office review process, which can often take years and make a trademark obsolete by the time approval rolls around. Such was the case for \u201cThe Swift Life,\u201d the title of a Swift-themed app that had already been discontinued when it reached the final trademark registration phrase.<\/p>\n

\n\tDuring this review process, the Trademark Office vets a trademark application for similarities to any pre-existing registrations. This has led the office to reject some of Swift\u2019s marks over the years. A requested mark for her 2019 song \u201cThe Archer,\u201d for example, was determined to be too similar to one already owned by the indie label Archer Records. Similarly, Swift\u2019s recent attempt to trademark The Life of a Showgirl <\/em>for her record-smashing latest album was preliminarily denied in November because Las Vegas performer Maren Wade already owns the phrase \u201cConfessions of a Showgirl.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMonths later, Wade filed a highly publicized trademark infringement lawsuit against Swift. The star\u2019s lawyers are fighting those claims, which they call \u201cabsurd\u201d and \u201cmeritless,\u201d and say they remain confident that the Trademark Office will ultimately allow them to register a mark of their own for The Life of a Showgirl<\/em>. \u201cIt is widely known that Ms. Swift\u2019s fanbase is a dedicated and informed set of consumers,\u201d her attorneys wrote in their first response to the lawsuit. \u201cTheir attention to detail is legendary\u2026 There is no chance they would be confused between plaintiff\u2019s cabaret shows and Ms. Swift\u2019s album and related promotional merchandise.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWhile this Showgirl <\/em>fight remains ongoing, Swift\u2019s lawyers are also continuing to pursue ownership of a host of other trademarks. The singer has pending applications to trademark phrases like \u201cFemale Rage: The Musical\u201d (Swift\u2019s description of her set for The Tortured Poets Department <\/em>during the Eras Tour), as well as \u201cTaylor Swift Taylor\u2019s Version\u201d and \u201cReputation Taylor\u2019s Version\u201d (signs of hope, perhaps, for Swifties clamoring for the release of her remaining re-records). She also recently filed to trademark her voice and likeness, an unusual legal maneuver that is untested but likely aimed at combatting artificial intelligence deepfakes.<\/p>\n

\n\tBelow, Billboard <\/em>has collected and contextualized a running list of all the trademarks Swift currently owns. This story will update as her IP portfolio evolves.<\/p>\n