Singer Young Tak has been embroiled in controversy surrounding Makgeoli, who gave his name.
The controversy began when some fans of Young Tak argued that Young Tak' by yecheon brewing was from Young Tak's name.
The fans are Mr. Mr. Young Tak, a TV audition program that appeared last year. In Trot, he called 'Makgeoli a glass' and became popular, claiming that he applied for the Young TakMakgeoli trademark.
Young Tak said, 'Mr. It was January 23 last year that Trot called 'Makgeoli's glass', and the time when yecheon brewing filed Young TakMakgeoli's trademark was 28th of the same month.
When you were a model of Young Tak yecheon brewing, the sale of Young TakMakgeoli' was not a big problem. Young Tak has been working as a full-time model for yecheon brewing since April last year, but the contract ended on June 14th.
As Young Tak continued to point out the sales of Young TakMakgeoli, not the model, yecheon brewing said, "Many people who do not know the re-contracting situation are using Young Tak and are raising misunderstandings that they have abandoned it. "It is a place of life that is directly linked to hundreds of family livelihoods."
On the 22nd, a legal representative revealed the process of not re-contracting through the legal representative. "Young Tak's contract for the Young TakMakgeoli' model did not reach the difference between Movie - The Negotation," said yecheon brewing. "Young Tak has demanded a total of 15 billion won for one year, including model fees, trademark-related cash and company stakes."
However, the company said that the contract was canceled because it could not afford it with a total sales of 5 billion won and a net profit of 1 billion won last year.
yecheon brewing is not a problem with using the trademark of Young TakMakgeoli' regardless of whether or not it is renewed. Since last year, the yecheon brewing has explained that Baek Gu-young's name was named Young Tak' by combining 'Young' and 'Tak' of Takju.
"Park Young Tak is not a trademark holder or exclusive user of the trademark Young Tak', nor is he a holder of Young Tak', a product label protected by the Act on the Prevention of Unfair Competition and the Protection of Trade Secrets," said Jeong Young-hoon, a lawyer at the law firm. "You can use the song Tak legally in the future."
"yecheon brewing is not registered for the application of the trademark Young Tak', which does not mean that yecheon brewing can not legally use the trademark Young Tak'. There are numerous trademarks that are not registered but are legally used. "
Young Tak is in a position that the argument of yecheon brewing is ridiculous. On the same day, Sejong, a law firm, said, "yecheon brewing's claim is not true at all. In the second half of last year, yecheon brewing asked for a consent to use the Young Tak trademark, but politely refused. "
"Yescheon brewing has been continuously requesting Movie - The Negotiation for the trademark from Young Tak since the first half of this year, and consultations have begun since March. Both sides Movie - The Negotiation was in the process of receiving a certain amount of down payment and royalties according to the sales volume. "
Regarding the amount, "The terms that were under discussion between the proposed amount and the two sides were not 5 billion won or 15 billion won. Thereafter, yecheon brewing had not been contacted for a period of time to sign a contract. So I knew that yecheon brewing did not sign a contract for the trademark and recognized that Movie - The Negotiation was over. "
The agency said, "yecheon brewing's statement includes the claim that yecheon brewing has the authority to use the Young Tak trademark. Such claims are not legally valid. If there is a dispute, it is expected that the court will confirm that the claim of yecheon brewing is not valid according to the judgment of the Korean Intellectual Property Office and the court's judgment. "
"It is not appropriate for objective facts to take an attitude as if the Movie - The Negotiation was not concluded because theyecheon brewing was actively requested by him," he said. "Makgeoli of the present-day yecheon brewing is a product that has nothing to do with the singer Young Tak."