5 Bizarre Lawsuits in History That You Won’t Believe They Were Real

Sometimes when the word “bizarre” is mentioned, what comes into your mind is some unjust dealings to manipulate things. Actually, that’s not it. The bizarre lawsuits in history are the lawsuits that nobody ever believed they could be real cases to be presented to court. The most interesting thing is that some of them won, while some of them were also thrown out. In short, they were lawsuits that were determined by the judges in a way they never thought. Below are the 5 bizarre lawsuits in history that you won’t believe they were real. 

1)   Fight Against Vegan Mayo

Now for those who understand who a vegan is. You must probably understand that a vegan doesn’t entertain any animal product. Now in this case, Hampton Creek, the founder of a product called “Just Mayo” was sued by Unilever. In the product, Just Mayo, Hampton Creek used mayonnaise. Unilever recognized that mayonnaise contained some eggs aspect in it and that the product was to be banned. Guess what? The company was shut down due to the case. Nobody thought the case would win, but it did win. 

2)   Royalties for Silence Demanded by Music Publisher

In this scenario, it was a bit much different. Mike Batt released an album and in that album, he had combined rock and classical music in it. So, in one of his songs, he decided to include a 60-second of total silence. He named the part, “A One Minute Silence”. John Cage didn’t like that as he felt he had been offended if Mike had copied his style in his “4’33” which was all silence. So, John Cage went to sue Mike Batt.

3)   Britain Win on the Pringles Case

Potato chips, commonly known as crisps these days were the subject to Value Added Tax in the United Kingdom. So, the United Kingdom thought that Procter and Gamble company should pay taxes because they were certain that the company made crisps. However, the P and G company stated that the product was made from Pringles but crisps were just “potato matter”. The court however ruled in favor of the United Kingdom and to date, Pringles are officially crisps.

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4)   The Happy Birthday Song Case

Several years ago, the song, “happy birthday” was so precious and honored. In fact, any time the song had to be played in any TV show or movie, the song owner, Warner had to be paid some royalties for playing the song. In 2011, Jennifer filed a case claiming that she had been wrongfully charged as she knew that the song’s copyright had expired. The court ruled in her favor stating that anybody who used the song afterwards was not to pay for it. 

5)   The Chicken Fries Stalemate

In the year 2005, Burger King introduced chicken fries in his menu. In order to market it well, he had to use a different name. So, he introduced a fictitious name called Coq Roq to market it. A heavy metal band named Slipknot did not like that. So, he filed a case to sue Burger. The whole case ended when both of them dropped their lawsuits.