Lady Antebellum is suing a Black blues singer over the right to use the stage name 'Lady A' after seeking to change the band's name to be less racist.
. “She and her team have demanded a $10 million payment, so reluctantly we have come to the conclusion that we need to ask a court to affirm our right to continue to use the name Lady A, a trademark we have held for many years.”
Band members Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley, and David Haywood decided to sue after “White’s attempt to enforce purported trademark rights in a mark that Plaintiffs have held for more than a decade,” according to the lawsuit. Even prior to the name change, the band had been referred to as “Lady A” and used the nickname since 2006, according to legal documents.
Regardless, the lawsuit does note that White has identified as Lady A since 2010 and that she also features her music on a Spotify artist page under the same name. The country band says that White’s artist page at the time of the court filing had 166 monthly listeners, compared to their “more than 7 million.”
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