In her ongoing legal battle with indie band The Twigs, FKA Twigs has now been countersued for trademark infringement.
Born Tahliah Barnett, the Grammy award winner filed a lawsuit against twin sisters Laura and Linda Good (pka The Twigs) in March, claiming they have known about her use of FKA Twigs since 2013.
In an attempt to allow their musical entities to “co-exist” without needing to purchase the name from them, Barnett claims she offered the duo $15,000.00, yet “Laura and Linda declined and stressed that they did not consent to this proposed co-existence.”
According to Barnett’s original lawsuit, in May of 2024, The Twigs allegedly attempted to “weaponise these barred and unmeritorious trademark claims” by issuing cease-and-desist letters to Barnett “threatening litigation, including threats to disrupt Barnett’s decade-long, uninterrupted use of the FKA Twigs mark for Defendants’ own gain”.
According to Billboard, less than two months after the Grammy-winning singer/songwriter filed the lawsuit, The Twigs have now retaliated with trademark claims of their own.
In their own complaint filed on Monday (5.11,) the Good sisters have countersued for trademark infringement, claiming that after Barnett released her Magdalene LP in 2019, she began to drop the ‘FKA’ in certain public appearances and alleged she “intentionally used her celebrity to act in ways designed to increase the public’s association of Barnett and her musical services with ‘Twigs’.
At this time the independent band is requesting a legal injunction that would prohibit Barnett from using the stage name FKA Twigs, and they are also seeking an unspecified financial damages for trademark infringement and unfair competition.
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Author: Saul Goode
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