Taylor Swift Wants to Trademark 'Blank Space' and '1989,' Which Is a Year

Taylor Swift, who was recently likened to an "obnoxious Nazi Barbie" for her "regressive" public persona by feminist scholar Camille Paglia, has been pretty johnny-on-the-spot with trademarking simple phrases used in her songs ("this sick beat"; "And I'll write your name"). She is now trying to trademark the year in ... More