Oh Wait is the podcast where pop culture, comedy, and chaos collide. Hosted by Maggie May, certified cannabis sommelier, Reiki Master, author, and one of the internet’s most trusted voices for breaking down complicated things in a way that actually makes sense, this is the show for people who want to laugh, stay informed, and feel like they just got the receipts on everything happening right now.
Taylor Swift’s Team Filed a Secret Trademark in Jamaica Before Anyone Knew the Album Existed
The media isn't talking about this. We are.
A First Amended Complaint was just filed in Maren Wade v. Taylor Swift and it contains details that should be all over the news but aren't. In this episode, I break down exactly what's in the latest federal court filing, why the Jamaica trademark application changes everything, and why you're not seeing this story covered anywhere.
Here's what we know: Maren Wade has owned the federal trademark CONFESSIONS OF A SHOWGIRL since 2015. It's registered, incontestable, and built on a decade of performances, a book, a podcast, and a career. In 2025, Taylor Swift launched THE LIFE OF A SHOWGIRL and the USPTO looked at both marks and refused to register Taylor's, citing Maren's registration by name and finding the marks confusingly similar.
And then it got shadier.
Three months before the album was ever announced publicly, Taylor's team had already filed a trademark application in Jamaica across fourteen international product classes. Not just music. Candles. Hair brushes. Towels. Shoe laces. This was never just an album title. This was a brand secured quietly, in a foreign registry, before the public knew the project existed.
The amended complaint now names four defendants: Taylor Swift personally, TAS Rights Management, UMG Recordings, and Bravado International. Maren's attorney is seeking disgorgement of profits from an album that sold four million units in its first week which Taylor's own team called the largest first-week debut in modern music history.
The preliminary injunction hearing has already happened. The USPTO has maintained its refusal. And the reason you're not seeing this in your news feed is exactly the reason this podcast exists.
I read the fine print so you don't get screwed.
Topics covered:
Maren Wade v. Taylor Swift case update | First Amended Complaint June 2026 | USPTO trademark refusal | reverse trademark confusion | Jamaica trademark filing | TAS Rights Management | UMG Recordings | Bravado International | creator rights | music industry legal news | entertainment law breakdown
📌 All documents referenced are public federal court records
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73110473/maren-flagg-v-taylor-swift/?filed_after=&filed_before=&entry_gte=&entry_lte=&order_by=desc
16 Jun 2026
I Read The Tyra Banks Lawsuit And It’s Worse Than You Thought
The Tyra Banks lawsuit dropped Saturday morning and by Saturday afternoon my phone had not stopped. And I get it — because the headlines were everywhere. "Tyra Sues Netflix." "Defamation." "Selective Editing." And those headlines are fine, but they are missing the actual story.
FILING: Banks v. Netflix et al., Case No. 2:26-CV-06467 (C.D. Cal.) — courtlistener.com
Clare Locke LLP — clarelocke.com
California anti-SLAPP statute — CCP § 425.16
New York Times v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964) — actual malice standard
Lanham Act § 43(a), 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a) — false endorsement
Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model soundtrack — streaming now on all platforms
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11 Jun 2026
Hot Girls Read, Trademark Law, & How The Internet Bullied A Small Business Owner To Surrender
The HOT GIRLS READ trademark was granted to Allie Rose LLC on February 3, 2026 and surrendered on June 8, 2026, just three days after a cancellation petition was filed with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. In this episode, Maggie May breaks down the full story: what Allie Rose actually did, why the community reacted the way it did, what the cancellation petition got right and wrong, what voluntary surrender means legally, and what every creator and small business owner should take away from the fastest trademark collapse in recent bookish history.
Topics covered: trademark law basics, failure to function doctrine, TTAB standing requirements, the Lexmark framework, Cockygate comparison, what the Megan Thee Stallion Hot Girl trademark portfolio means for this case, why the petition probably wouldn't have won on its merits — and why it didn't have to.
Key Legal Terms Referenced
Trademark / Lanham Act — The federal law governing trademark registration and enforcement in the United States.
USPTO — United States Patent and Trademark Office. The federal agency that reviews and grants trademark registrations.
TTAB — Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. The administrative court within the USPTO that handles oppositions and cancellation proceedings.
Cancellation Petition — A formal legal filing asking the TTAB to cancel an existing trademark registration.
Genericness — A trademark doctrine holding that terms which name a category of goods cannot be trademarked.
Failure to Function — A doctrine holding that phrases used as ornamental expressions or widely-used messages do not function as source identifiers and cannot be trademarked.
Voluntary Surrender of Registration — A registrant's unconditional relinquishment of a trademark registration under Section 7(e) of the Lanham Act.
Standing / Entitlement to Statutory Cause of Action — The legal requirement that a cancellation petitioner have a real commercial interest and a reasonable basis to believe the registration causes them damage. Governed by the Lexmark framework.
Common Law Rights — Trademark rights that arise from actual commercial use in commerce, independent of federal registration.
Mentioned In This Episode
Allie Rose LLC — Registration No. 8130042, HOT GIRLS READ (surrendered June 8, 2026)
Michele Guarnieri — Petitioner, TTAB Cancellation No. filed June 5, 2026
Megan Thee Stallion / Hot Girl Trademark Holdings LLC — Cultural origin of the Hot Girl linguistic family
Cockygate (2018) — Faleena Hopkins / Authors Guild / Romance Writers of America precedent
Lexmark International v. Static Control Components — Governing SCOTUS case on statutory standing
Corcamore LLC v. SFM LLC — Federal Circuit case applying Lexmark to TTAB proceedings
9 Jun 2026
Oh Wait, We’re Doing This
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Nearly 10 years of podcasting, 20+ years of writing, and a brain that can break down anything lawsuits, pop culture, drama, whatever’s happening this week.
Here’s the latest filing the Patagonia vs Pattie Gonia trademark lawsuit as of June 1, 2026.
Trial date has been set for June 22, 2027
6 Jun 2026
Is She Leaving The Apps?
120 Million people have seen her read to them on TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram but she’s ready to go back to her favorite form of entertainment ….the podcast world.
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