[Josy]

From MTV

In her latest move to squash the haters and assert her dominance over the planet, “princess of pop” and businesswoman extraordinaire Taylor Swift has decided to take ownership over her lyrics to the next level.

Newly uncovered legal documents from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office reveal that two days before 1989 was released, Taylor applied to trademark a select bunch of phrases from the now-platinum album.

The list includes:

“Party Like It’s 1989”

“This Sick Beat”

“’Cause We Never Go Out Of Style”

“Can Show You Incredible Things”

“Nice to meet you. Where you been?”

To get an idea of how serious Taylor is about all this, she has 16 separate trademark applications pending for “this sick beat,” including but not limited to non-medicated toiletries, bean bags, ornamental buttons, paper products, all-purpose carrying bags, lanyard and wind chimes. Yes, wind chimes.

OK, so this may seem like a silly move on Taylor’s part, but it actually shows off her savvy business strategy. Much like Beyoncé’s recent stand against Etsy’s Feyoncé merchandise, this is Tay’s way of making sure she’s the only one who profits from her work. After all, merchandise sales are huge sources of income for artists — even ones who sell over a million albums in one week.

[Jøsh]

She's cray cray, I will never party like its 1989™!

[arista]

“Party Like It’s 1989”


"Party like its 1999" Prince / Warner Bros

thats much better than Swiftfecker

[arista]

“This Sick Beat”

yes Swift Taylor Fecker Sick


Feel The Force

[Crimson Dynamo]

silly gangly girl and her granny pants

[arista]

[Marsh.]

Such genius lyrics.

[Marsh.]

“Party Like It’s 1999”

“This pit seat”

“’Cause We Never Go Out Of Milk”

“Can Show You Crappy Things”

“Hate you. Please go away!”

I'm off to get them trademarked tbh.

[Shaun]

Prince will have words about that first one Mister

[Firewire]

a bit over the top but I understand why she wouldn't want phrases from her songs on things when she won't make any money from it

[Mokka]

Did she trademark "...got nothing in my brain..." from shake it off

I know when I hear that phrase, I think Taylor Swift!

[Jords]

Sorry but people have long said "this beat is sick" or words to that effect before her song I dont know why she thinks shes an inventor. And Im pretty sure “Nice to meet you. Where you been?” is a fairly standard convo starter...

Good album, silly girl.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Shaun

Prince will have words about that first one Mister

He'll have to stand on a chair to look her in the eye.

I like Taylor Swift and I don't care who knows it.

[Drew.]

I love this generation