Country band Lady A, previously Lady Antebellum, files lawsuit against blues singer with the same name – Fox News
Country band Lady A has filed a lawsuit over trademark rights against a blues singer who uses the same name.
In June, the band -- previously known as Lady Antebellum -- changed their name "after much personal reflection" and conversations with "closest Black friends" because the word "Antebellum" refers to a period of time "which includes slavery," they said.
A blues singer from Seattle, Wash., however, had already been using the name for more than two decades.
BLUES SINGER LADY A SPEAKS OUT AFTER COUNTRY BAND LADY ANTEBELLUM CHANGES ITS NAME: 'THIS IS MY LIFE'
Now, the country trio is taking legal action, according to Billboard, after the blues singer -- whose name is Anita White -- has allegedly made an “attempt to enforce purported trademarks rights in a mark that Plaintiffs have ...