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lestye
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States4186 Posts
January 18 2016 08:34 GMT
#401
On January 18 2016 17:17 Antisocialmunky wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 18 2016 17:04 lestye wrote:
On January 18 2016 06:20 AleXoundOS wrote:
On January 11 2016 22:06 ZodaSoda wrote:
So SOBENU existed before SBENU and also made shoes? how was this not a red flag straight away? I dunno Korean law, but in the US UK and Australia, if i tried to launch a company called NIKEY who sold shoes, the government would be telling me i need a new name before Nike even noticed...

Doesn't seem to be true that SOBENU existed before SBENU. And even if so, why SOBENU started to talk publicly about the copied name and logo only now?
Also wikipedia page has a description of how SBENU brand name was formed (info from SBENU website).
SBENU took S for Shoes and combined it with the ancient Egyptian deity Bennu, which is thought to be the inspiration for the Phoenix in Greek mythology.[2] This is supposed to hold in the meaning that these shoes will be immortal. SBENU shoes are very famous for concealing their high insoles that help increase height.

Regardless of whether or not Sobenu complained about it, or how genuine and original Sonic's idea of Sbenu was, he probably did think of the name, he can't get the trademark because the names are too similiar.

I can't think of a good example, but it's back in the day and the next town over started the first McDonalds. You don't know that, but you start going into your own restaurant business, it can be a burger, hot dog stand, or a seafood restaurant. It doesn't matter. And Let's say YOUR name is MacDonald. You come up with the name MacDonald because its your own goddam name, and you should be able to use it? But wait, McDonald's was already granted a trademark for using that name for restaurants. So even if you show the work, on how you got the name MacDonald's for your restaurant. Ultimately, they're going to reject your claim because it's too similar to an existing trademark.


The irony is that this happened in real life, except McDonald's lost.

http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19960816&slug=2344437


Maybe it was a shit example, rofl. God Bless, I feel like everytime I make an analogy, a simile, a parable, a metaphor, it ALWAYS backfires!

But I think this is incredibly different, in that it's not family names, it's fashion trademarks. And yeah, even if it was related, at the end of the day, a fashion company without a trademark is COMPLETELY worthless. You can make an exact same material, design, aesthetic, packaging, as a Nike or a Rebok or whatever, but it's the Swoosh/symbols that allow fashion companies to stop you.
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Thouhastmail
Profile Joined March 2015
Korea (North)876 Posts
January 20 2016 08:31 GMT
#402
http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/bulletin/2016/01/20/0200000000AKR20160120161600030.HTML?input=1195m

he made a media conference
"Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike"
Wrath
Profile Blog Joined July 2014
3174 Posts
January 20 2016 08:35 GMT
#403
On January 20 2016 17:31 Thouhastmail wrote:
http://www.yonhapnews.co.kr/bulletin/2016/01/20/0200000000AKR20160120161600030.HTML?input=1195m

he made a media conference


What did he say?
Wala.Revolution
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
7584 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-01-20 08:37:49
January 20 2016 08:36 GMT
#404
So that's supposedly $7.1 mil out of 30mil, where's the rest?

EDIT: he basically said haiki (middleman) stole $7.1 mil and that sbenu only owes 2.7 mil. The factories however claim he owes ~30 million.
Stuck.
Thouhastmail
Profile Joined March 2015
Korea (North)876 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-01-20 09:21:07
January 20 2016 08:46 GMT
#405
On January 20 2016 17:36 Wala.Revolution wrote:
So that's supposedly $7.1 mil out of 30mil, where's the rest?

EDIT: he basically said haiki (middleman) stole $7.1 mil and that sbenu only owes 2.7 mil. The factories however claim he owes ~30 million.


If middleman tried to appropriate money, there`s no reason not to paying manufactures, because keep defalcating is more profitable.
"Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike"
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66357 Posts
January 26 2016 17:43 GMT
#406
:/
POGGERS
wabe.PrayHard
Profile Joined October 2011
Bolivia45 Posts
April 04 2017 22:04 GMT
#407
great post! didn't know anything about post-Kespa era, I watched OSL & MSL. I will definitely watch the recommended matches.

I believe WCG has some issues too in organization, but another story.
the force is in prayer
ruypture
Profile Joined May 2014
United States367 Posts
April 04 2017 22:23 GMT
#408
On April 05 2017 07:04 wabe.PrayHard wrote:
great post! didn't know anything about post-Kespa era, I watched OSL & MSL. I will definitely watch the recommended matches.

I believe WCG has some issues too in organization, but another story.


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Profile Blog Joined April 2005
Where dat snitch at?37043 Posts
April 04 2017 22:46 GMT
#409
On April 05 2017 07:04 wabe.PrayHard wrote:
great post! didn't know anything about post-Kespa era, I watched OSL & MSL. I will definitely watch the recommended matches.

I believe WCG has some issues too in organization, but another story.

Umm... Did you post in the wrong thread?
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