T-ara Submits Grounds For Refusal Of MBK’s Trademark Application, MBK Responds

[pearlychoco.livejournal.com]

It has been revealed that T-ara officially filed documentation outlining grounds for rejection of MBK Entertainment’s trademark application for the group’s name.

On January 19, an attorney who submitted said documentation two days prior to the Korean Intellectual Property Office as T-ara’s representative explained that MBK Entertainment’s pending application can be rejected under the Trademark Act. The attorney also stated that in the instance that MBK Entertainment’s application is approved and not rejected, they will be filing a formal objection.

MBK Entertainment was previously revealed to have applied to register a trademark for T-ara on December 28, 2017, the same month Hyomin, Eunjung, Qri, and Jiyeon’s contracts ended.

Regarding this new development, MBK Entertainment commented, “[T-ara’s submission of grounds for rejection] is something that will be settled legally within the limits of the law. This is not something we need to express our opinion about and respond to,” and stated they will be waiting for the decision of the Korean Intellectual Property Office."


“I have no greed about the name T-ara. I don’t have plans to pick new members for T-ara. I just want to protect the name T-ara. Can’t I keep the traces of the hard work our company put in during that time to make the name known to the public? After deciding on the name T-ara, I chose the members and created the group. Everything began with the name. It’s not something just owned by the four members, Hyomin, Jiyeon, Eunjung, and Qri. It belongs to the company and everyone who has worked with T-ara. We gave permission for SG Wannabe and Davichi to use their names after they went to different companies. The members respectfully asked themselves to keep their group names. I allowed it to happen. It could have been the same for T-ara. However, some members have shown only greed for the name, and their actions don’t match their words. We’ve been together for 10 years, so I am very upset.”

Sources: Naver (1, 2) & Nate via Soompi (3, 4)

Comments

[hellicoptajuuce.livejournal.com]

they should've done this ages ago like any business would

[timetobegin.livejournal.com]

I hope they get

[accioanime.livejournal.com]

this makes me curious if Davichi paid for their name as a way to get permission or maybe they strike a deal where MBK gets a cut or something. Maybe MBK CEO though T-ara would offer a similar deal?

[aures.livejournal.com]

but what are these rumours that they are disbanding though?

[pikapika217.livejournal.com]

MBK is such a petty douche

[hitthoselightz.livejournal.com]

that article was false

it was reported by kim yena who releases fake news without facts and she has also suspected ties with kks because she keeps releasing articles that are pro-kks and even exclusive interviews with him lol

besides why would they want the name if they would to disband? kks is just trying to stir because knetz in every article are pro-t-ara (i know because im the one thats translating things for the fandom)

also hyomin said look forward to good news like 2 days ago so

[hitthoselightz.livejournal.com]

i love qri

the person that is representing them is the guy who qri met/might be dating

lol we love a good leader

this whole ordeal has been a mess though, kks is just so sly

[myungung.livejournal.com]

fuck off kwangsoo, a gangster like him deserves nothing good

[donaldjdrumpf.livejournal.com]

Who's side is Queen Hwayoung on though?