Taylor Swift has filed trademark applications for her voice and image to protect against AI misuse, following a similar strategy by Matthew McConaughey. The applications cover specific spoken phrases and a distinctive photograph from her Eras Tour. This move aims to provide a legal framework to combat AI-generated deepfakes and unauthorized imitations, which copyright law alone cannot address. AI
IMPACT Sets a precedent for celebrities using trademarks to protect against AI-generated likenesses and voices.
RANK_REASON Celebrity trademark filing to protect against AI misuse, following precedent set by another actor.
- Amazon Music Unlimited
- Drake
- Kim Kardashian
- Matthew McConaughey
- Meta
- Metro Boomin
- Rihanna
- TAS Rights Management
- Taylor Swift
- Eras Tour
- The Guardian
- The Verge
- TikTok
- USPTO
AI-generated summary · Google Gemini · from 19 sources. How we write summaries →