Initiated by the owners of a surfboard brand over her Mayhem album title, Lady Gaga has defeated the trademark infringement lawsuit.
Several weeks after its release in March 2025, owners of Lost Surfboards, who have a line of Mayhem-branded boards, sued the superstar singer/songwriter over the title and logo of her full length, claiming that it would cause confusion and make people think the music and surf company were somehow connected.
On Tuesday (8.18,), Judge Fernando M. Olguin ruled that the legal action was too weak to move forward and dismissed the case, stating:
“These allegations are conclusory and insufficient to constitute an explicit indication, overt claim, or explicit misstatement identifying Lost as the source of Lady Gaga’s work.” “The use of a mark alone is not enough… and nothing in the (lawsuit) suggests or otherwise indicates an affirmative misrepresentation in connection with the source or the content of Lady Gaga’s work,” and noting that expressive works such as album names “implicate the First Amendment right of freedom of speech” he ruled that consumers were unlikely to think an album name was an endorsement of a separate brand.
Initiated in 2025, Lost owners accused the musician (born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta) of showing a “blatant disregard” of their company’s trademark rights, claiming that her stylized red Mayhem logo was similar to theirs.
In a motion to dismiss, the multi-Grammy award winner’s attorneys described the lawsuit as “a transparent attempt to extract leverage and publicity from the expressive use of a common dictionary word by one of the world’s most recognizable artists,” adding that Lost bosses could not “identify a single confused consumer” who thought Mayhem and Lost were connected.
In December of last year, Gaga previously scored a victory in the case, when Judge Olguin rejected Lost’s request to stop her from selling Mayhem-branded products.
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Author: Al Dente
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