One Direction to keep name after legal dispute

One Direction are keeping their name after reaching a deal with a US act with whom they had been locked in a legal dispute.

One Direction to keep name after legal dispute

One Direction are keeping their name after reaching a deal with a US act with whom they had been locked in a legal dispute.

A Californian rock band had already been using the One Direction name and was claiming $1m (€794,940) in damages, a share of profits and wanted the British group renamed.

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