Comments on: Korea Takes Action to Stop Foreign Abuse of IP Rights

By: Railwaycharm

Railwaycharm — Sat, 12 May 2007 12:47:49 +0000

I can forgive the Denny’s thing, I mean when you consider original Korean restaurant names like Donkey Fried Chicken and Road Bugger how can one stay angry?

By: michael

michael — Sat, 12 May 2007 01:58:14 +0000

It’s like “Starpreya” never happened….

Funny that only about 10 years ago: “South Korea is stepping up efforts to gather critical technology secrets by means legal and illegal — prompting increased fear among government officials and industrial security experts of intellectual property rip-offs.
In their zeal to acquire technological data, South Korean officials are “trying to beat the system, to beat our controls” on technology exports, said James Dearlove, a Defense Intelligence Agency official charged with monitoring technology trade issues.

The technologies most sought by South Korea are: nuclear energy; biotech; and aerospace, including rockets, computers and aircraft.”

http://www.washingtontechnolog.....086-1.html

Now that S.K. has its loot in the bag it’s the other guys that arethe problem…OK.

By: mins0306

mins0306 — Sat, 12 May 2007 01:56:50 +0000

Looks like a publicity stunt by the CJ group.

By: SomeguyinKorea

SomeguyinKorea — Sat, 12 May 2007 01:37:02 +0000

“Why anyone would want to copy Denny’s Restaurant is beyond me.”

Yeah. Been there once in Canada. It was relatively expensive and the food tasted like it had been pre-cooked, frozen, and microwaved, even the scrambled eggs.

By: The Marmot’s Hole » Colbert does Korean pop

The Marmot’s Hole » Colbert does Korean pop — Sat, 12 May 2007 00:15:57 +0000

[...] To prove he’s more influential than Rain, Stephen Colbert does his own Korean music video [Comedy Central]. Painful. Very painful. (HT to Tony) [...]

By: ORblog

ORblog — Fri, 11 May 2007 22:08:29 +0000

More hijacking of Korean IP - Stephen Colbert rips off Rain.

-Tony

By: Netizen Kim

Netizen Kim — Fri, 11 May 2007 21:29:54 +0000

Why anyone would want to copy Denny’s Restaurant is beyond me.

By: Maekchu

Maekchu — Fri, 11 May 2007 21:19:01 +0000

Koreans are one of the worst countries at ripping off copyrights, ideas and intellectual property. Didn’t Starbucks lose a court case in Korea recently against a Korean owned chain that was blatently using a version of the Starbucks logo? I can go to any electronics market in the country and get any pirated DVD I want for 5,000 won.

Not to mention the Denny’s restaurant that opened in Taegu a couple of years ago. Exact same sign and logo. Thinking it was a real Denny’s, I visited the establishment….for about 5 seconds. Turns out it was a Korean owned spaghetti fusion restaurant. Like EFL Geek said, the Bucket-heads should clean up their own backyard first.

Would anyone in their right mind really want to copy a Korean idea anyway? I don’t think there is a market for pleather orange sofas.

By: Netizen Kim

Netizen Kim — Fri, 11 May 2007 19:09:05 +0000

What’s mine is mine and what’s your’s is mine also. That’s the way it works, folks.

By: slim

slim — Fri, 11 May 2007 17:51:41 +0000

Thanks, Richardson. I’m sure China is robbing the Koreans blind in IPR, but I took the gist of the Chosun article (which fails to note the pot-kettle irony or even include the relevant background of Korea’s IPR record here) to be that Korea needs to protect itself from Western firms.