A couple months back, American One Direction sued the UK group of the same name for a whopping $1 million (plus a share of the royalties), suggesting that the U.S. band filed a trademark application prior to the British-Irish boys. However, Simon Cowell‘s company, Syco, was quick to fire back with a countersuit,accusing the USA troupe of attempting to “leech off of a more famous group’s success.” When the story first broke, fans of the foreign band stood by them, and allegedly attacked the opposing side, using words such as “chase” and “kill” in their hate mail.
