SALT LAKE CITY \u2014 A theme park in Utah has filed a lawsuit against Taylor Swift that accuses her of trademark infringement.<\/p>\n
Evermore Parks said in its suit filed Tuesday that the title of Swift’s 2020 album \u201cEvermore\u201d violates the park’s trademark rights.<\/p>\n
Swift’s lawyers said the allegations are \u201cbaseless\u201d and they refused to comply with a cease and desist letter the park sent to Swift on Dec. 18. They added that the singer-songwriter styled her new album \u201cin a way that is entirely distinct\u201d from the park\u2019s aesthetic.<\/p>\n
Evermore Park was created in 2018 in\u00a0Pleasant Grove, Utah, and features costumed actors and performers.<\/p>\n
Taylor Swift’s ‘Evermore’ review: <\/strong>Pop star returns to the woods for a spellbinding ‘Folklore’ companion<\/span><\/p>\n ‘Once again, Taylor Swift saved 2020’: <\/strong>Surprise album ‘Evermore’ praised by fans<\/span><\/p>\n In court documents, CEO Ken Bretschneider said that after Swift’s album was released on Dec. 11, search results for the theme park dropped on Google in favor of the album.<\/p>\n Bretschneider also alleged that the \u201cEvermore\u201d album title infringes on the park’s merchandise designs, the Salt Lake Tribune\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n Retail items noted on the park’s website include T-shirts with the Evermore logo, bags and purses, patches, keychains and replica dragon eggs.\u00a0<\/p>\n Evermore Park is themed like a European village and bills itself as an “experience park where guests of all ages can escape to a new realm \u2013 the fantasy village of Evermore.”\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n The mostly outdoor park is open amid the COVID-19 pandemic but has capacity limits and requires visitors and employees to wear face masks.\u00a0<\/p>\n