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  1. MBK Entertainment's president claims the trademark of T-ara cannot belong to the remaining 4 members

    On January 19, after the media reported that the four members of T-ara have filed to claim back the trademark rights to their group name, MBK Entertainment's president Kim Kwang Soo held an interview in response with TV Report.

    President Kim Kwang Soo, who is responsible for creating the group T-ara and selecting its members in 2009, said, "I am not greedy about T-ara's name. I do not have plans to select new members under the name T-ara. However, I do want to protect the name. Shouldn't I have the right to possess the traces of all the efforts and the struggles our company went through to make T-ara's name known to the public?"

    Back in June of 2017, T-ara released what was said to be their last album, due to another case of member departures, leaving the group at just 4-members. The 4-member group's 13th mini album 'What's My Name?' was believed to be T-ara's goodbye album to fans. Kim Kwang Soo continued in his interview, "I decided on the name T-ara, then chose the members, then shaped the group. It all started with that name. It is not something that the four members (Hyomin, Jiyeon, Eunjung, Qri) can just possess all to themselves. It belongs to the company, as well as to all who worked for that name."

    The president remarked on this latest case's comparisons to former MBK Entertainment groups SG Wannabe and Davichi, "In SG Wannabe and Davichi's cases, I allowed them to use the name even when they left the company. The members personally asked to use the names outside of the company, very politely. I allowed it. T-ara could have turned out that way. But a select few members expressed their greed for it and showed contrasting behavior on the outside from their true intentions. I was upset since we worked together for 10 years."

     

     
    A shameless guy with his shameless shade.
  2. Soyeon is so breath taking, I'm missing her so much...her voice was truly a breath of fresh air and I just can't wait to see her back again.

    True pal. I've been missing her like crazy. She knows how to deliver the emotion with her voice, especially in ballad.

  3. Their ranking on Gaon Social Chart skyrocketed after their departure from MBK was announced.

    13. No.9 (⬆13) 

    25. TIAMO (⬆22)

    32. Sugar Free (Big Room ver.) (⬆19)

    33. What's My Name? (⬆19)

    36. Sugar Free (⬆28)

    79. Nice Body - Hyomin (⬆67)

     

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  4. Chinese brands rise, app store warning, and K-pop fans furious over T-ara trademark: news round-up

     

    K-pop fans furious over music company’s trademark application â€“ A South Korean entertainment company has caused ire after filing a trademark application for the term T-ARA, which is also the name of a popular Korean pop (K-pop) band. It was reported over the weekend that MBK Entertainment applied to register for the term on December 28 at the Korean IP Office. If accepted, it has been claimed that members of T-ara, one of the most popular K-pop bands in the world, will not be able to promote under that name for the duration of the registration – and even if they change their name, they may have to pay royalties to the agency if they perform songs that were released under their original name. One nuance is that T-ara originally formed under the management of MBK Entertainment, and the band announced their departure from the music agency 

    . Therefore, when MBK Entertainment commented on the move, a spokesperson said: “We believe that we are justified in applying for this trademark as the [former] agency [of the group]. We parted on good terms and the members have not decided on their future plans yet. We don’t believe it is right for us to be criticized for our actions.†Nonetheless, there has been significant criticism of the move from K-pop fans. For example, the comments on one article at Soompi.com are nearly all negative, with users accusing the agency of “blatant pettinessâ€. In another, on AllKPop, users labelled the company "bitter" and "money hungry". But if, as it seems, MBK Entertainment own the band's songs and other intangible rights, then – in the mind of some users – “business is businessâ€. But in the close-knit K-pop community, where reputation is everything, it could be a move that MBK Entertainment ends up regretting. (TJL)

     

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