{"id":8044,"date":"2012-04-11T15:02:58","date_gmt":"2012-04-11T14:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/?p=8044"},"modified":"2012-05-03T18:06:32","modified_gmt":"2012-05-03T17:06:32","slug":"one-direction-uk-x-factor-boyband-is-to-be-sued-by-one-direction-usa-band-for-1-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/8044\/one-direction-uk-x-factor-boyband-is-to-be-sued-by-one-direction-usa-band-for-1-million\/","title":{"rendered":"One Direction UK X Factor boyband is to be sued by One Direction USA band for 1 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"one direction sued by USA boyband\" src=\"\/images\/music\/onedirection\/onedirection2012.jpg\" alt=\"one direction sued by USA boyband\" width=\"322\" height=\"262\" \/>UK X Factor boyband One Direction is set to be sued by an American band of the same name that was formed in 2009 according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>Showbiz website TMZ reports that the US One Direction band is demanding that the UK boys change their name.<\/p>\n<p>The US group claims that they own the One Direction trademark in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.<\/p>\n<p>The legal action as come at a time when The X Factor boys have taken the US by storm enjoying Stateside success with their debut album Up All Night reaching number 1 in the US Billboard chart.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile the Californian One Direction \u2014 led by singer and pianist Sean O&#8217;Leary \u2014 have made little impact, with their biggest gigs being at local fairs and bars.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re now demanding $1 million in damages, and for the UK group to stop using the name.<\/p>\n<p>Representatives for One Direction have yet to respond to the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>While it won\u2019t affect the group here in the UK, it\u2019s certain to have an impact on their career in the States.<\/p>\n<p>One Direction flew from LA to Australia earlier this week to kick off a promo tour down under, but will be returning to America for a tour in May.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-0466605792016836\";\n\/* auditions 300x250, created 9\/6\/10 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"7469702309\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UK X Factor boyband One Direction is set to be sued by an American band of the same name that was formed in \n<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/8044\/one-direction-uk-x-factor-boyband-is-to-be-sued-by-one-direction-usa-band-for-1-million\/\"> [...]<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[49],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-8044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-onedirection","tag-one-direction"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8044"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8352,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8044\/revisions\/8352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}