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FKA Twigs Could Be Forced To Give up Her Stage Name as Trademark Dispute With Indie Duo Escalates

The Twigs first attempted to sue for trademark infringement in 2014 after FKA Twigs debuted without the acronym.

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FKA Twigs has been in varying degrees of a trademark dispute with indie duo The Twigs since 2014. As of May 2026, the issues have escalated, and there seems to be no sign of a settlement on the horizon.

In March 2026, FKA Twigs (real name Tahliah Barnett) filed a lawsuit against The Twigs (twin sisters Laura and Linda Good). The suit claimed that the sisters were sending cease and desist letters that threatened to take Barnett to court over trademark infringement. Allegedly, Barnett would not be able to use her stage name unless she complied with a “seven-figure payout.”

“Defendants’ attempts to weaponize these barred and unmeritorious trademark claims … in order to disrupt Barnett’s over-a-decade-long, uninterrupted use of the FKA Twigs mark for defendants’ own gain … are improper and must cease,” wrote Barnett’s lawyers, per a report from Billboard.

FKA Twigs’ Trademark Dispute With Indie Duo The Twigs Began in 2014

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