Finally! Korea is taking action against the rampant abuse of intellectual property rights… by the big, bad multinationals who’ve become notorious for stealing Korean ideas.
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wouldn’t it be better to clean up the shit in your own backyard before complaining about the rest of the world.
Or maybe it’s a defense fund.
Does Korea have legitimate complaints here?
Recently, there are legitimate complaints to be made over China, however, it seems that Koreans are the main enablers of corporate espionage in Korea. I’m still waiting to find out more about Daewoo, Doosan and Mynamar (Burma) and the illegal transfer of arms technology to Burma by these companies.
If they are serious about fighting copyright infringement within the tech industry –and not just trying to increase the flow of foreign exchange into Korea– they might want to have a look into how a certain Korean software company has been using an icon that looks an awful lot like Spysweeper’s yellow target for the anti-spyware function in its own anti-virus software.
Chinese buying auto secrets… North Americans buying all the illegal DVDs near It’aewon and Yongsan E-mart… it’s all because of foreigners. Right. I’ll stop there.
Slim,
I think they do;
http://www.dprkstudies.org/200.....ycat-cars/
But they still have a pot-kettle issue.
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.
What’s mine is mine and what’s your’s is mine also. That’s the way it works, folks.
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.
Why anyone would want to copy Denny’s Restaurant is beyond me.
More hijacking of Korean IP - Stephen Colbert rips off Rain.
-Tony
“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.
Looks like a publicity stunt by the CJ group.
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.
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?
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