HOT runs into an issue with trademark rights ahead of their reunion concert

Article: What will happen to HOT's concert... SM's former CEO sends a certificate of contents over trademark rights

Source: TV Daily via Nate

1. [+2,593, -172] Even SM is staying out of this concert, why is a past staff member doing this? Is he low on cash?? KangTa must be thinking this is ridiculous

2. [+2,003, -109] Kim Kyung Wook is the guy who produced Blackbeat and had to leave because he was so bad at his job. Talk about a backstab at KangTa and Lee Soo Man with this stunt.

3. [+1,713, -152] Can he just let them be???????? Even SM is staying quiet..........

4. [+90, -4] Trademark rights have a lot of holes so if he's making a deal out of the name H.O.T, then they can just go ahead as HOT ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ what matters is that they're all together, not some stupid detail like a group name

5. [+81, -14] People are getting dirty now that they realize how much money can be made from this concert

6. [+70, -4] Wasn't Kim just a CEO who was being paid a salary at the time? How can trademark rights be given to one single staff member... Shouldn't it be the right of the company's?

7. [+66, -11] There's not much they can do if he's demanding it. They have to give him the name otherwise it's illegal. Better to just give it to him than be sued and go through all that.

8. [+48, -6] I don't know why people are getting all mad. Why do you think trademark rights exist if not for situations like this? He clearly owns the name and it's not like he's forbidding them from using it, he's just saying pay the fees fair and square and move on.

9. [+44, -12] All of you dumb high schoolers don't seem to know what trademark rights are ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ obviously HOT is going to have to settle this one

10. [+39, -3] Heck, if I owned the name I'd get greedy too ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

11. [+36, -8] It's basically a fight between how little can HOT pay him versus how much more can he ask for

12. [+33, -3] One of the many reasons why reunions are so difficult...

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