Lady Gaga has successfully fought off a trademark lawsuit brought by the owners of a surfboard company over the name of her album Mayhem.

The owners of Lost Surfboards, which sells a range of boards carrying the Mayhem name, took legal action against the pop star shortly after the album was released in March 2025.

They argued that Gaga’s use of the name and logo could confuse customers and lead them to believe there was a business relationship between the album and the surfboard brand.

On Tuesday, however, Judge Fernando M. Olguin dismissed the lawsuit, finding that the claims were not strong enough to proceed.

"These allegations are conclusory and insufficient to constitute an explicit indication, overt claim, or explicit misstatement identifying Lost as the source of Lady Gaga's work," the judge wrote in his decision, obtained by Billboard. "The use of a mark alone is not enough... and nothing in the (lawsuit) suggests or otherwise indicates an affirmative misrepresentation in connection with the source or the content of Lady Gaga's work."

The judge also pointed out that creative works, including album titles, are protected under the First Amendment right to freedom of speech. He determined that listeners were unlikely to assume that the name of an album represented an endorsement or connection with another company.

When the lawsuit was filed last year, Lost’s owners accused Gaga of showing a "blatant disregard" for their trademark protections and claimed the red stylised Mayhem logo used by the singer was too close to their own branding.

Gaga’s legal team pushed back in a motion seeking dismissal, calling the lawsuit "a transparent attempt to extract leverage and publicity from the expressive use of a common dictionary word by one of the world's most recognisable artists".

Her lawyers also pointed out that Lost’s owners were unable to "identify a single confused consumer" who believed there was a connection between the surfboard company and Gaga’s Mayhem project.

Gaga had already secured an earlier win in the dispute in December, when Judge Olguin denied Lost’s request to prevent her from selling merchandise featuring the Mayhem branding.

The owners of Lost Surfboards can still challenge the latest decision by filing an appeal.