by
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)
You
don’t
have
to
step
on
Taylor
Swift’s
lawn
for
her
to
sue
you.
She’s
got
a
Reputation
for
taking
anyone
who
isn’t
running
the
White
House’s
social
media
account
to
court
over
the
smallest
chance
that
they’re
trying
to
piggyback
their
operations
off
her
IP
—
especially
if
you’re
on
Etsy.
The
most
recent
target
of
Swift’s
swift
legal
action?
A
bedding
company.
Creative
Bloq
has
coverage:
In
her
most
recent
design
dispute,
Miss
Swift
has
beckoned
the
US
government
to
stop
an
unexpected
rival.
No,
it’s
not
a
record
label
or
a
dodgy
merch
retailer,
but
a
humble
bedding
brand.Alleging
that
Cathay
Home’s
“Swift
Home”
brand
is
too
similar
to
her
signature,
Miss
Swift
has
attempted
to
counter
the
bedding
brand’s
recent
trademark
request.
While
the
result
of
this
legal
action
is
yet
to
be
settled,
it
adds
yet
another
dispute
to
the
over
300
trademark
filings
from
T
Swift’s
legal
team.
The
site
was
also
kind
enough
to
show
a
neat
side
by
side:
The
suit
claims
that
the
company’s
goofy
S
swoop
(I’m
paraphrasing
here)
looks
a
little
too
similar
to
Taylor’s
scribbles
and
people
could
mistake
a
connection
at
first
glance.
No
clue
how
representative
my
first
impressions
are
of
the
general
population’s,
but
my
initial
thoughts
consisted
of
“What
font
is
that
even?”
and
“What
the
hell
does
a
wing
have
to
do
with
a
bedding
company?”
Goes
to
show
how
much
I
know
about
trademarks
and
marketing.
Good
luck
to
Swift
Home!
If
you
lose
the
court
battle,
might
I
suggest
going
with
the
new
name
Bedding
(Swift’s
Version)?
Make
sure
that
it’s
all
in
Helvetica
—
wouldn’t
want
to
risk
getting
sued.
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s
.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
is
learning
to
swim, is
interested
in
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected]
and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.