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few months ago, as a franchise company plagiarized the menu that was introduced in the Alley Restaurant program, controversy arose, and a boycott of the company began.
Then, today (12th), the representative of the company officially apologized and said that he would withdraw from the business.
First, let’s look at the report by Park Jae-hyun and continue the story.
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[SBS Alley Restaurant (Last July): I found out why the rice cake (the name is) came out.
It's rumored. Shall we do rumors?
It's rumored. Shall we cover rumors?
I can see traces of concern.]
Allkind Corporation, a franchise company that tried to recruit affiliate stores with'Dogjuk Duck Juk' by plagiarizing the menu called Duck Juk introduced at SBS Alley Restaurant in July.
[Minah Choi / Developer (Yesterday): Someone first applied for a trademark, so I may not be able to use the seesaw or rumors (use).]
Following the application for a trademark in the Korean 1 It is a hot store and recruits delivery franchisees in Gangnam, Seoul, and there is an advertisement reminiscent of an alley restaurant.
However, when the plagiarism controversy arose and the boycott was continued, the company's representative officially apologized on the website.
The representative of the company said, "I have done a great deal to the president of Pohang who developed the bokjuk with months of research," and said, "The brand is completely withdrawn from the franchise business."
He also visited Pohang, but said he could not meet the boss and said, "I apologize for the serious injury."
But today, another allegation of trademark theft was raised.
One diet tea company claimed on social media that they "did a similar thing" and when they launched their products, the company first applied for a patent on the product name.
Allkind Corporation did not make a separate statement on the plagiarism of the car product.
(Video editing: Lee So-young, VJ: Noh Jae-min)
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