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FKA Twigs countersued by indie band The Twigs for allegedly using fame and money to "destroy" their trademark
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FKA Twigs countersued by indie band The Twigs for allegedly using fame and money to "destroy" their trademark

NME·Liberty Dunworth·6 months ago
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An indie band called The Twigs are countersuing FKA Twigs for allegedly using her fame and money to “destroy” their trademark.

The singer, actor and dancer, real name Tahliah Barnett, filed a lawsuit against the indie group made up of sisters Laura Good and Linda Good earlier this year. In the suit, she asked a judge to rule that her stage name does not infringe on the name used by the LA band.

Legal disputes between the two acts date back over 10 years, as they went to court in 2014 after The Twigs sued Barnett for allegedly infringing on the trademark that they had been using since 1996.

There, the band lost an initial injunction request and dropped the lawsuit.…

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