SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Foreign corporations that set up South Korean offices to feign as a local brand and bandwagon on the Korean Wave have been ordered by the court to be disbanded. The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) and the Daejeon District Prosecutors’ Office announced on Thursday that they had ordered two [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The worldwide popularity of Korean spicy food led by Samyang Foods Co.’s Spicy Chicken Ramen is encouraging foreign companies to come up with ‘me too’ products. The Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp. (aT) reported on Sunday that Indonesia’s leading noodle brand, Mie Sedaap, recently introduced its own version [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The practice of plagiarism of Korean variety television programs by Chinese program producers has become even more explicit recently. Lacking an effective resolution, Korean producers have no way to fight back as of yet. Earlier in the month, China’s largest provincial satellite television channel, Hunan TV, launched a new [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Fans of K-pop are fuming over allegations that producers of idol singing groups in China and Japan are copying the concepts of K-pop bands. LDH, the management company of famed Japanese dance group Exile recently revealed plans to launch the boy group Ballistik Boyz. Composed of Hidaka Ryuta, Gano [...]