Liam James Payne (born 29 August 1993) is an English singer and songwriter.
He rose to fame as a member of the boy band One Direction.
Payne made his debut as a singer when he auditioned for the British television series The X Factor in 2008. After being eliminated as a solo performer, he auditioned again in 2010 and was put into a group with four other contestants to form One Direction
One Direction company seeks to block 1-d drinking straws trademark
completemusicupdate.comHarry Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson may not be back together singing, but they are joining up to do some suing.
And some would argue that’s more fun. OK, I’d argue that’s more fun.Actually, they are not really suing anyone. But a company they own together – 1D Media Limited – has filed papers with the US Trademark Office formally opposing an application by a company called 1st Defence Industries Inc which is trying to register a 1-d trademark.If you are wondering whether 1st Defence Industries Inc is seeking to use the abbreviated One Direction brand on a new bomb, well no, it’s not actually a defence company at all.
Instead it’s a company that makes eco-friendly products. Mainly eco-friendly pest control projects to date – which is possibly where the ‘defence’ bit comes in – although it is seeking to register a 1-d trademark in relation to eco-friendly drinking straws.But won’t that confuse people into thinking One Direction the pop sensations are moving into the eco-friendly drinking straws business?
I mean, the group may have been on hiatus since 2016, but while they were at their peak, there were few products that weren’t sold with a One Direction or 1D logo slapped on it.
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