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One Direction v. Syco Entertainment; Simco Ltd.; Sony Music Holdings; Niall Horan

A California pop-rock band named One Direction has sued over the use of its trademark by the British-Irish boy band of the same name whose debut album opened at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 last month.

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