While looking at Google News, I saw that boy band One Direction was being sued by the real, legitimate rock band One Direction from California. The read One Direction (the California band) is suing Simon Cowell's production company for copyright infringement since they have been around since 2009. Their name was patented long before the One Direction that all girls faint at, even met each other. The real One Direction is looking for a court order, forcing the boy band to change its name.
Honestly, I think the real One Direction (pictured left) are in the right; more popularity is not an excuse for being able to get away with copyright infringement, and I feel that in this case, the best decision would be to make the boy band change their name. For further information, I have a link below with an article about it!
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/04/10/one-direction-sued-by-us-band-as-awe-struck-fans-faint-during-appearance-down/
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