India, May 8 -- Taylor Swift's legal team has pushed back strongly against a lawsuit filed by former Las Vegas showgirl Maren Flagg, who performs as Maren Wade, over the title of Swift's album The Life of a Showgirl. As per Variety reports, Swift's attorneys called the claim that audiences could confuse the two brands "absurd."

Maren Flagg had filed the lawsuit in a California federal court in late March. She owns the trademark for "Confessions of a Showgirl," which she registered in 2015 and has used for a newspaper column, podcast, and cabaret performances. According to the lawsuit, both titles "share the same structure, the same dominant phrase, and the same overall commercial impression," while also targeting similar audiences in the...