Easy Life to surrender band name after “David and Goliath” legal battle with EasyJet and EasyGroup
nme.comEasy Life have today (October 10) taken to social media to say that they’re having to surrender their band name following a “David and Goliath” legal battle with EasyGroup.Earlier this week, the band revealed that they were being sued by the conglomerate and claimed the company was “forcing” them to change their name or they risked facing a costly legal battle.Easygroup are the Cayman Islands-registered company owned by Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou built to expand the “easy” brand from EasyJet’s airlines into the fields of hotels, supermarkets, financial services and more – licensing out the “easy” name.Now, in a new post on the website, the band have updated fans to say that despite “having explored literally every possible angle,” the band have “realised that there are no good options available” and that they have to subsequently “change our name to move forward.”In the statement, the band wrote: “Sadly, it seems that justice is only available to those who can afford it.
We simply don’t have the funds to access a fair trial in the high court. Not to mention the fact that this would likely rattle on through to 2025, and with this hanging over us we wouldn’t be able to release any music in the meantime.
Our careers, and indeed our lives, would be on hold.“We’re not a nameless company; as you’ve seen, it’s our own personal names on the paperwork.
This means that should we lose, the costs will be recouped from us personally. They could take everything; material possessions, our livelihoods, our homes.”The band went on to describe the “turmoil” the situation had caused them but that they’d “found solace in the outpourings of love and support” from their fans.Sadly, we have realised that there are no good options available to us.
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