Indie Band the Twigs Countersues FKA Twigs Over Stage Name Trademark Dispute
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Charisma Madarang
19d ago· 2 min readenNews
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Summary
Indie band the Twigs (twin sisters Laura and Linda Good) are countersuing Grammy-winning artist FKA Twigs (Tahliah Barnett) for trademark infringement, after Barnett initially sued them in March. Barnett had allegedly offered the band $15,000 to allow both entities to coexist under similar names, but the band is now firing back with their own trademark claims.
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· 3 pulledLess than two months after FKA Twigs filed a lawsuit against the Twigs, alleging the indie band sent multiple cease-and-desist letters over the trademark connected to her stage name, twin sisters Laura Good and Linda Good are now firing off trademark claims of their own.
In March, the Grammy-winning artist born Tahliah Barnett filed a lawsuit against the duo, claiming they have known about her use of FKA Twigs since 2013.
In an email exchange, Barnett allegedly offered the band $15,000 to allow their musical entities to 'co-exist,' without needing to purchase the name from them.
Grammy winner FKA Twigs is being countersued by indie band the Twigs for trademark infringement.
