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Fortune
Ryan Hogg

easyJet owner orders band Easy Life to change name, calls members brand thieves

(Credit: Jo Hale—Redferns)

The owner of budget airline easyJet has launched into a contentious legal fight with a U.K. pop band to force it to change its name, after accusing its members of being brand thieves.

EasyGroup, which owns or licenses several brands under the “easy” name and has a long history of defending its brand in court, has said it is suing the Leicester-based band Easy Life for copyright infringement. 

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