Beyoncé’s attorneys are once again asking federal regulators to register Blue Ivy Carter’s name as a trademark, more than 12 years after she and Jay-Z first sought to lock up the intellectual property rights to their daughter’s name.

In a motion filed last week at the federal trademark office, lawyers for Beyoncé’s company pushed back on a ruling earlier this year that consumers might confuse the name with another Blue Ivy: a single-store clothing boutique in Wisconsin that has used the name since before the young Carter was born.

The star’s lawyers say that ruling should be overturned, arguing that nobody is going to confuse Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s daughter — once dubbed the “most famous baby in the world” — with a small clothing shop.

“No reasonable consumer would ever suffer any form of confusion when encountering the [store’s] logo, which is used with one small shop in Fish Creek, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community with a population of approximately 997 people,” Beyoncé’s attorneys write. “Nor would a reasonable consumer encounter the ‘Blue Ivy Carter’ mark and conclude that the famous Carter family had teamed up with a small shop in rural Wisconsin to launch a clothing line.”

An attorney for Beyoncé’s company did not immediately return a request for comment on the status of the trademark case.

Just weeks after Blue Ivy was born in January 2012, Beyoncé’s BGK Trademark Holdings LLC applied at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to register her unusual name as a trademark. The move raised eyebrows at the time, as fans wondered if the couple was commercializing their daughter. But Jay-Z later told Vanity Fair that they merely wanted to prevent her name from being exploited by others.

“People wanted to make products based on our child’s name, and you don’t want anybody trying to benefit off your baby’s name,” he told the magazine in 2013. “It wasn’t for us to do anything; as you see, we haven’t done anything.”

More than 12 years later, however, Blue Ivy’s parents have yet to secure that trademark registration.

For years, the process was bogged down in legal disputes with a woman named Veronica Morales, who runs a lifestyle event planning company under the name “Blue Ivy” and secured her own trademark to it. In 2020, a tribunal at the USPTO rejected Morales’ complaints, ruling that the two sides’ respective offerings were “so dissimilar that confusion is unlikely.”

That ruling seemingly cleared the way for the “Blue Ivy Carter” trademark registration to finally be issued. But attorneys for BGK never moved that application forward, and eventually, the USPTO deemed the application abandoned last year.

In November 2023, Beyoncé’s attorneys applied yet again for the same trademark registration. Like previous efforts, however, the new application quickly hit a roadblock: In April, a trademark examiner issued a tentative ruling that the mark was “confusingly similar” to the name of the Wisconsin clothing store, which has owned a trademark registration on its “Blue Ivy” logo since 2011.

(The Wisconsin boutique itself is not actually involved in the case and has not filed an opposition to the Blue Ivy Carter trademark; instead, the USPTO simply cited the earlier trademark as a reason to deny Beyoncé’s application.)

It was this tentative denial that Beyoncé’s attorneys challenged last week, arguing that Americans know who Blue Ivy Carter is and would never think she was “somehow connected to a lovely boutique shop in a small town in rural Wisconsin.”

“Since the moment she was born, she has resided in the American public’s conscience and thus … the consuming public would associate her with a trademark bearing her name,” BGK’s lawyers write. “The parties each exist and thrive in their own separate worlds and can continue doing so into the future.”

Megan Thee Stallion and TWICE are teaming up for a whole lot more than just the “Mamushi” remix. The rapper unveiled a new limited edition cover of her Megan: Act II deluxe album on Monday (Oct. 28) that the K-pop girl group designed.

The digital album with the alternative cover is currently available on Megan’s webstore until Thursday, Oct. 31 at 11:59 p.m. ET.

TWICE is featured on the remix of Megan’s Billboard Hot 100 No. 36 hit “Mamushi,” originally featuring Yuki Chiba, from her latest deluxe album Megan: Act II that dropped on last Friday (Oct. 25). “Mamushi” recently earned Megan her fifth No. 1 on Billboard’s Rhythmic Airplay chart (dated Oct. 26). “TWICE IS TALKING THEIR SH-TTTT !!! Its so good #mamushiremix,” the rapper tweeted last week ahead of her deluxe album’s release, to which TWICE responded, “Can’t wait. Real Hot Girls.”

Megan: Act II also features 12 new tracks, including collaborations with RM of BTS (“Neva Play”), Flo Milli (“Roc Steady”) and Spiritbox (“TYG”).

Megan released her self-titled third studio album on June 28 via Hot Girl Productions. The 18-track set features previously released singles “Cobra,” the Hot 100 No. 1 “Hiss,” “Boa” and “Mamushi,” and collaborations with Kyle Richh of 41 (“B.A.S.”), Yuki Chiba (“Mamushi”), GloRilla (“Accent”), UGK (“Paper Together”), Victoria Monét (“Spin”), and Big K.R.I.T. and Buddah Bless (“Miami Blue”). The set peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and topped the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

See the new cover art for Megan: Act II’s deluxe edition below:

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The Grateful Dead have found themselves back at No. 1, but this time as a top Amazon bestseller for an official book on the rock band’s songs. The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics offers an in-depth guide for Deadheads curious about the stories behind your favorite songs.

Originally published in October 2015, the book has now found its way back to the top of Amazon’s charts for music bibliographies and indexes — and you can currently score the music book for up to 44% off. Its rise to popularity may be contributed to the recent passing of founding member and bassist of Grateful Dead, Phil Lesh. Musicians including Phish have been paying tribute to the artist through covers of the band’s songs and condolences.

Whether you or someone you know is a Deadhead, the lyrics book will expand your collection of Grateful Dead merch while acting as a display-worthy coffee table book for music lovers. Its even been given Grateful Dead’s stamp of approval with founding member Bob Weir saying, “this book is great. Now I’ll never have to explain myself,” according to the book’s official description.

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Through more than 500 pages, this Grateful Dead book acts as a guide to the lyrics of some of the most popular songs by the band. In its 50th edition, you can expect essays by lyricists Robert Hunter and John Perry as well as Jim Carpenter’s original illustrations. Pages will include the complete original set of lyrics with numbered annotations. You’ll then be able to turn the page and read everything from the symbolism of lyrics to when and where the song was first performed.

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Before you jump into the stories behind each song, you’ll be met with a forward by Hunter who walks you through the band’s impact on rock music and how they’ve crafted an undying legacy through their songs.

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It’s only October, but ’tis the season for Bunnie XO.

The Dumb Blonde podcast host took to TikTok this week to share a hilarious throwback video in which she FaceTimes her husband, country star Jelly Roll, to hear his thoughts on starting up the Christmas season at home. “I was wondering if you think it’s too early to get a Christmas tree,” she asks Jelly, who immediately replies, “It’s not even Halloween!”

“Yes, it’s too early,” the “Need a Favor” singer continued, to which Bunnie playfully responds, “OK, I’m going to get one tomorrow. Love you!”

See the full video on TikTok here.

Jelly Roll has a lot more than Halloween and Christmas to celebrate as 2024 comes to a close. The superstar notched his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart with Beautifully Broken this month. The project also achieved the third-largest week, by units, for any country album in 2024 with 161,000 equivalent album units, following the debuts of Beyoncé and Post Malone’s country sets. The album also opens at No. 1 on the Top Album Sales chart.

To celebrate, Bunnie shared her reaction to the chart news. “You guys!” she wrote on Instagram Stories, adding a sobbing emoji. “We did it!!!!!!”

The Grammy-nominated superstar has also revealed that his fitness routine led to a 100-pound weight loss. In a video update on Instagram earlier this month, Jelly’s nutrition coach Ian Larios explained that in addition to a healthy diet, he’s been “walking the arenas, playing basketball, boxing.”