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Easy Jet founder sues Netflix

by on02 October 2018


It's easy, like taking candy from a baby

It has been running for two seasons, but the Netflix tale exploring sex and romance through stories about a range of couples who live in Chicago has sailed up the nasal passages of UK budget airline magnate Stelios Haji-Ioannou.

Haji-Ioannou says that the show “Easy”, infringes on more than a thousand trademarks he has registered using the word in Europe.

We guess that means he is worried that his customers might confuse a streaming [steaming? Ed.] television show with a budget airline and mistakenly sign up for Netflix thinking they were going to get a cheap flight to Alicante.

Under the lawsuit filed in a UK court, the founder of budget flights pioneer easyJet seeks to ban the streaming giant from showing or promoting the show under its current name.

Stelios owns the easyHotel (EZH.L), easyBus, easyCar, easyProperty, easyOffice, easyFoodstore, easyCoffee, easyMoney and easyGym brands through his company easyGroup based in Monaco and London.

Look out Lionel Richie because you can’t be “easy like Sunday morning” and if you want to see Easy Rider you should at least pay Sir Stelios some currency.

The claim seeks an injunction to prevent Netflix from using the name “Easy” in the European Union and not more than £10,000 ($13,052) in damages.

Netflix apparently is using EasyJet’s colours and font. “Easy” creator Joe Swanberg is also named as a defendant in the claim.

Last modified on 02 October 2018
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