Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known professionally as Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter, and television judge. After singing in church during her childhood, she pursued a career in gospel music as a teenager.
Perry signed with Red Hill Records and released her debut studio album Katy Hudson under her birth name in 2001, which was commercially unsuccessful. She moved to Los Angeles the following year to venture into secular music after Red Hill ceased operations and she subsequently began working with producers Glen Ballard, Dr. Luke, and Max Martin.
After adopting the stage name Katy Perry and being dropped by The Island Def Jam Music Group and Columbia Records, she signed a recording contract with Capitol Records in April 2007.
Katy Perry has secretly been fighting with an Australian mom in court for years — over her name
nypost.comwrote Taylor in a blog post. “Withdraw all my clothes and sign a document drafted by them to say from now on I will never trade under this name ever again.Taylor said that when she refused to comply, Perry’s camp “chose to simply disregard” her existence and her Australian trademark rights, filling chain stores across the country with Perry merch and other “infringing articles.” The Post reached out to Perry for comment.
Speaking to the Post, Taylor called the whole ordeal “a David and Goliath case,” referring to the singer’s legal muscle versus Taylor, a mother of two, was only able to fight back with the help of an Australian firm, Litigation Capital Management Limited (LCM), that helps fund legal disputes.According to the designer, several of the “Waking Up in Vegas'” singer’s fans trolled and harassed her and her family during the court proceedings.
Taylor also recalled one painful moment at trial when she was forced to read emails between the singer and her manager where Perry called the designer a “dumb b–ch.” The singer’s manager attempted to explain away the comments. “Artists are emotional people.
Emotions are what drive their talent,” said manager Steven Jensen at the time. “That was an emotional response, not directed at Ms.Taylor personally.”After months of deliberation, Australian Federal Court sided with Taylor, who called it “a win for small business.”“Not only have I fought for myself, but I fought for small businesses in this country,” wrote the designer. “Many of them started by women, who can find themselves up against overseas entities who have much more financial power than we do.” Her spring victory, however, was short-lived — Perry’s legal team filed their appeal just months later, earlier this.
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