What's Trending 2/4/21: Taylor Swift being sued for trademark infringement, Lil Uzi Vert embedded a $24 million pink diamond on his forehead

Also Trending: Tom Brady is the best selling NFL player for merch during 2 week period before Super Bowl, Candy Grapes at Costco are the newest craze.
Utah businessman, Ken Bretschneider suing Taylor Swift for trademark infringement

 #TaylorSwift

o   She’s being sued by a Utah businessman for trademark infringement.

o   Ken Bretschneider created and owns Evermore Park in Pleasant Grove, Utah which was founded three years ago and celebrates medieval villages, myths and legends.

o   He claims that Taylor is profiting off a project he invested years and millions of dollars into promoting.

o   He also says that Google searches for his attraction have been overshadowed by the Grammy winner’s album, causing “actual confusion” online.

o   He’s seeking unspecified damages but is requesting $2,000,000 per counterfeit mark per type of goods or services sold, offered for sale or distributed.”

o   Swift’s team called his claims “baseless” and said his suit is rooted in greed.

#LilUziVert

o   The rapper has reportedly purchased a pink diamond worth $24 million.

o   That’s not all…he had it embedded into his forehead!

o   He started tweeting about it over the weekend when he said that he has been paying for the natural pink diamond since 2017.

o   He posted a picture of the diamond in his forehead when one fan claimed it was off-center.

o  He responded on his IG stories saying, “It’s actually in the middle. When the swelling goes down I’ll get a short bar so it won’t move. Y’all keep talking ‘bout it’s off ‘cause of the long bar in it so it can move, cause of the swelling.”·

 #TomBrady

o   He is moving merchandise!

o   Fanatics has seen record sales for Tom Brady merch ahead of the QB’s 10th Super Bowl and has become their best-selling NFL player ever for the two-week period between the conference championship and Super Bowl.

o   Brady merch sales are more than double what they were following his last conference championship in 2018 with the Patriots.

o  His jersey sales have gone up 900% since joining the Bucs last March.

#CandyGrapes

o   People are going crazy for Candy Grapes at Costco.

o   No, we’re not talking about Cotton Candy Grapes, these are called candy snap grapes and they’re purple grapes that are extra sweet like candy.

o  Costco is selling 3 lbs. of them for $7.99.o  If you find them and you like grapes, buy them while you can because Instagram is already obsessed and they say they’re better than the Cotton Candy grapes.