Which Lady A Has the Rights to the Name? It’s Complicated

There is only one Beatles for a reason. Acts rarely, if ever, share a name. And although Seattle-based blues singer Anita White believes that the country trio formerly known as Lady Antebellum is trying to “erase” her by adopting the more culturally appropriate moniker Lady A — which has been White’s stage name for more than three decades — intellectual property experts say the Nashville group likely has the upper hand in a new lawsuit because of a trademark filing