What Tohoshinki can do, but not Dong Bang Shin Gi Wednesday November 25. 2009 Korea

It seems unlikely fans will get to see all five members of Dong Bang Shin Gi (TVXQ) in Korea for the time being but Tohoshinki, as they are called in Japan, is set to resume their activities in the country, according to reports. According to Japanese media including "Daily Sports", the group is set to appear on Nihon TV's year-end awards ceremony "Best Hit Festival 2009" on November 26. They proved they remain a force to be reckoned with, being nominated for the Gold Artist Award alongside top Japanese singers including EXILE and Koda Kumi. TVXQ has also decided to show up at Fuji TV's "FNS Kayousai 2009" on December 2 and have also been juggling their schedule to make appearances on NHK's "Kohaku Uta Gassen", translated into "Red and White Song Battle", and other year-end music ceremonies.

Hence, TVXQ will undertaking their activities in Japan as a five-member group for the first time in three months since last performing together at the A-Nation Osaka concert on August 30. After Japanese media quoted Korean reports saying the group may be on the verge of disbanding over legal disputes, TVXQ's fans in Japan had been as worried as fans in Korea over what lies in the future for one of Asia's most popular boy bands. NHK broadcast a rerun of an episode featuring the group in its music program "Music Japan" upon receiving endless requests from viewers. And Ishihara, producer for the program and also executive producer for NHK's "Kohaku", wrote on his blog, "I know many of you TVXQ fans out there must feel insecure in many ways these days. I really hope this rerun makes you happy and we hope to be able to make a second TVXQ special in the near future."

Meanwhile, TVXQ's Japanese agency Avex reaffirmed its stance it announced on August 6, saying it will continue to carry out full-fledged support of the group's activities in Japan. Other than making TV appearances, the band is also set to release their 29th single "BREAK OUT!" in Japan on January 27 next year. But fans will get to hear the lively dance tune ahead of the single's release, as it will be the theme song to NHK's Thursday night drama "Tomehane! Suzusato High School, Calligraphy Club" premiering January 7. TVXQ also plans to meet with fans thereafter, starting with Kobe between January 19 to 20, a week later in Sendai and on the two last days of the month in Yokohama.

THSK to appear together for the first time in 3 months Sunday November 22, 2009 Japan

DBSK/THSK is going to appear on Japanese television with all five members together. It will be their first public appearance together in almost 3 months, since they have not been seen together after their Osaka concert which happened on August 30th in Japan.

They will appear on Nihon TV's "Best Hit Music Award 2009" on coming 26th and Fuji TV's "FNS Music Award" on December 2nd. They are also planning on attending NHK's "Red White Kohaku" and "Japan Record Awards". Members will soon part for Japan in order to plan their schedules for these end of year ceremonies.

Although Jaejoong, Yoochun and Junsu are legally independent of SM Entertainment now (as in they don't have to listen to SME on DBSK related activities), they are still bound to AVEX, their Japanese management as Tohoshinki. As long as their contract with AVEX stands, they are to carry on with their Japanese schedules. Will they really appear as one THSK on these shows, and will there be any performances?

HAK ATAS KEKAYAAN INTELEKTUAL (HaKI)

MAKSUD
Pemasyarakatan HaKI di kalangan pengusaha IKM dimaksudkan untuk menimbulkan kesadaran akan pentingnya daya kreasi dan inovasi intelektual sebagai kemampuan yang perlu diraih oleh para pengusaha industri yang ingin maju sebagai faktor pembentuk kemampuan dayasaing industri. Oleh karena itu karya temuan orang lain yang didaftarkan untuk dilindungi harus dihormati dan dihargai.
Di samping itu kesadaran dan wawasan mengenai HaKI diharapkan akan dapat menimbulkan motivasi dan dorongan agar pengusaha IKM terdorong untuk berkreasi dan ber-inovasi di bidang produk dan teknologi produksi, serta manajemen.
Pelatihan HaKI dimaksudkan untuk memberikan informasi serta pengetahuan kepada para pengusaha industri kecil dan menengah, LSM, Yayasan dan Asosiasi, sehingga mereka memperoleh gambaran yang jelas tentang Hak Cipta sebagai karya cipta manusia, Paten serta Merek maupun HaKI lainnya.
TUJUAN
1. Meningkatkan pengetahuan dan wawasan peserta pelatihan dalam peraturan-peraturan, hukum yang berlaku serta sanksi-sanksi dalam penerapan HaKI.
2. Agar para peserta pelatihan mengetahui prosedure penerapan HaKI dan masalah-masalah yang dihadapi dalam pelaksanaan penerapan HaKI.
3. Agar para peserta termotivasi untuk menciptakan hal-hal baru di bidang produk industri yang menyangkut disain, proses produksi serta pemakaian merek sendiri.

A.1a. Peraturan Perundang-undangan dan Konvensi-konvensi International.
Pada saat ini Indonesia telah memiliki perangkat peraturan perundang-undangan di bidang hak kekayaan intelektual yang cukup memadai dan tidak bertentangan dengan ketentuan sebagaimana yang dipersyaratkan dalam Persetujuan TRIPS. Peraturan perundang-undangan dimaksud mencakup :
1. Undang-undang No. 12 Tahun 1997 tentang Perubahan Undang-undang No. 6 Tahun 1982 tentang Hak Cipta sebagaimana telah diubah dengan Undang-undang No. 7 tahun 1987 (UU Hak Cipta); dalam waktu dekat, Undang-undang ini akan direvisi untuk mengakomodasikan perkembangan mutakhir dibidang hak cipta;
2. Undang-undang No. 29 Tahun 2000 tentang Perlindungan Varietas Tanaman;
3. Undang-undang No. 30 Tahun 2000 tentang Rahasia Dagang;
4. Undang-undang No. 31 Tahun 2000 tentang Desain Industri;
5. Undang-undang No. 32 Tahun 2000 tentang Desain Tata Letak Sirkuit Terpadu;
6. Undang-undang No. 14 Tahun 2001 tentang Paten (UU Paten); dan
7. Undang-undang No. 15 Tahun 2001 tentang Merek;
Di Indonesia, sistem perlindungan merek telah dimulai sejak tahun 1961, sistem perlindungan hak cipta dimulai sejak tahun 1982, sedangkan sistem paten baru dimulai sejak tahun 1991. Sebelum disempurnakan melalui peraturan perundang-undangan yang ditetapkan pada tahun 2001, beberapa waktu yang lalu (tahun 1997) terhadap ketiga peraturan perundang-undangan tersebut telah dilakukan perubahan untuk menyesuaikan dengan kebutuhan dan Persetujuan TRIPS. Sebagaimana dimaklumi, Persetujuan TRIPS merupakan kesepakatan internasional yang paling comprehensif, dan merupakan suatu perpaduan yang unik dari prinsip-prinsip dasar GATT
– General Agreement on Tariff and Trade (khususnya tentang national treatment dan most-favoured nation) dengan ketentuan-ketentuan substantif dari kesepakatan-kesepakatan internasional bidang hak kekayaan intelektual, antara lain Paris Convention for the protection of

MAMA: DBSK says "I Love You" to members, SME incensed with DBSK trio, JaeChunSu cried backstage

TVXQ was awarded the 'Best Asia Star Award' at the Mnet 2009 MAMA at the Seoul, Jamshil Indoor Stadium on the 21st.

Xiah Junsu said, "Thank you. It's been a while. We are thankful to received such a big award. This award was not one we could have received from the efforts of only one member, the best efforts from all five members were needed to receive this award so it is more meaningful to us. We would like to thank all our fans in Asia for this award."

Micky Yoochun said, "This is the first time I've ever had such a big yearning to sing on a stage like this. I was able to get to such a place because I became a singer by meeting great members. Please give us your support. We will become a group who does not fall below your expectations."

Lastly, YoungWoong Jaejoong said, "We are more happy because it was an award give to us by our fans across Asia. We would like to thank all our domestic and overseas fans who are watching this. I would like to tell two people who might be watching this that I love them." (Translated by Soompi Member)

TVXQ 3 Members: “We Never Signed The Shenzhen Concert Contract” Friday November 20, 2009 Korea

Three members of group TVXQ stated that an unauthorized use of their signatures was used for the documents relevant to the Shenzhen concert. Xiah Junsu, YoungWoong Jaejoong, and Micky Yoochun’s representative stated on the 19th that, “We realized only recently that the signatures of the three members of TVXQ were being used without authorization. The signatures on the Shenzhen concert note of confirmation were not signed by the three members themselves, but somebody else signed the paper instead.”

The three members side found out about the unauthorized use of their signatures on the note of confirmation after their Korean and Chinese fans questioned the validity of the signatures. The note of confirmation in question was the document that recognized the singer’s willingness to attend the concert in China. This document was then shown at the location of ticket sales in order to prove to ticket buyers that the singer would indeed be attending the concert. Sejong Law Firm’s Lawyer Lim Sang Hyuk of the three TVXQ members stated, “Setting aside the validity of the Shenzhen concert contract, this act was an action that brought misunderstanding to the fans. We are planning to take counteractions against this action officially.”

Sejong also released a hand written document of Mr. A who says he signed the note of confirmation instead. He also showed the actual signatures of Xiah Junsu, YoungWoong Jaejoong and Micky Yoochun to show that there were clear differences in the signatures. according to the hand written document, Mr. A “Signed the Shenzhen Concert note of confirmation instead of TVXQ in March.” Mr. A’s claims are to be investigated.

Lawyer Lim stated, “On the 19th, we requested for a judgment by an expert on the signatures on this note of confirmation and the members’ original signatures. Even just by seeing it, you can tell that there is quite a big difference.”

He also said, “When this lawsuit was initiated, the three members promised to perform all preassigned activities. However, the Shenzhen concert was not one of them. The members found out about the Shenzhen concert during the procedures of the lawsuit.” He also said, “Even the fans new that there was a problem with the signatures on the note of confirmation. Therefore, we asked SM to show us the details of the Shenzhen concert contract but SM did not comply.”

One representative of Korean music industry, “In the case that the singer in an agency is busy, there are times when a representative signs the papers instead after telling the singer of the concert or the schedule.” This representative also stated, “When the relationship between the agency and the singer is good, there are no problems . In such a case, I believe that it has become a problem due to the deteriorating relationship between SM and the three members of TVXQ.”

Dong Bang Shin Ki trio accused of fraud in China? Friday November 20, 2009 Korea

It has been known that Dong Bang Shin Ki trio (Micky YooChun, Xiah JunSu and Hero JaeJoong) has been accused of fraud in China.

Dong Bang Shin Ki’s representative came out to say, “This is just a unilateral allegation, there is no problems in terms of legal issues.”

It was known that a cosmetic company has launched a complaint of fraud against the trio at the on 17th and 18th November at the Beijing Arbitration Commission and the Beijing Haidian District People’s Court of Arbitration and Litigation.

The plaintiff ‘Ye Ja Ryeo (睿姿丽)’ have revealed that the trio have promised to attend the various large-scale promotional activities for their joint venturn cosmetic line (Crebeau) when they first joined the joint venture as shareholders and directors, but they did not turn up for any planned events. They have only continuously apologised for their absence.

The company also raised the point that if the trio do not turn up for the events, it has led to many fans’ unhappiness and demand for refund of their goods. The company quoted an amount of 170 million KRW in loss due to that.

But the representative lawyer for the trio Im SangHyuk have said, “I also heard about this only from the reporters. But since the situation now is that even the investors saying to abandon the case, there is not problems in terms of legal issues, just a unilateral allegation from the plaintiff.”

Mnet Invited TVXQ For Their Year-end Awards Wednesday November 17, 2009 Korea

On the 16th, it was revealed by Mnet’s office that they have invited TVXQ, whose members are in the midst of a legal dispute with their management company, to attend their year-end awards “Mnet Asian Music Award” (hereafter known as MAMA). This year’s MAMA will be held on the 21st November, Seoul, Jamsil Gymnasium.

Their office said, “MAMA’s aim is to show the rest of Asia Korea’s culture” and “the award ceremeony will be aired across the 10 main countries in Asia, like Japan, China, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, where TVXQ is the best artist. Thus, Korea’s top artist cannot be excluded from the invitation.”

On MAMA’s end, they have expressed interest in inviting TVXQ to attend their awards. On the 16th, they said that they would get in touch with TVXQ’s management to see whether it would be possible for them to attend or not. However, TVXQ’s company, SM Entertainment has declared that they would not be attending MAMA, so a lot of attention has been cast on TVXQ to see whether or not they will attend.

An official from the KPOP industry said, “Last month, the courts approved a partial injunction to the 3 members’ exclusive contract with the company, and the 3 members are allowed to participate in their own individual activities” and “while we hope that all 5 members can attend together, the possibility of only the 3 members attending is high”.

MAMA is holding their award ceremony on the 21st, which was originally the date of TVXQ’s concert in China. However, SM Entertainment claimed that, “The 3 members expressed that they did not wish to participate in the concert that was to be held on the 21st, and the remaining performances are uncertain.” In contrast, the 3 members’ side claimed that “From the beginning, the China concert (Shenzhen) was not in the contract.”

A representative from a company for idol groups said, “SM Entertainment and the 3 members have differing opinions, and the dispute is becoming more serious. Disbandment might be inevitable.”

Tensions heighten between TVXQ and agency Tuesday November 17, 2009 Korea

The rift between three members of boy band TVXQ and their agency SM Entertainment grew deeper last week as the singers failed to notify SM on whether they are willing to resume their activities in Korea next year as a five-member group.

The agency, in a legal dispute with Hero Jaejoong, Micky Yoochun and Xiah Junsu who asked a court in late July to nullify their exclusive contract with SM, had announced during a press conference in early November that it would give the three singers 10 days to make the decision but the three did not hand a response to SM by the deadline last Thursday.

"TVXQ will not be able to make a comeback to the local music scene early next year since in actuality, they refused to be members of the group," SM said in a statement, adding they are "sorry to see such an outcome despite our will to see the band continue its activities."

SM added that the three members however, told the company that they would not take part in a concert set to take place in Shenzhen of China on November 21, leaving the future of other pre-scheduled shows uncertain.

The concert was one of the total 12 shows TVXQ was set to perform at as part of their third Asia tour which had been agreed upon in the middle of last year, and the three singers had agreed to participate and perform at all shows already set, despite the ongoing legal battle, SM explained.

A legal representative for the Hero, Micky and Xiah refuted SM's argument, saying SM notified the group of the concert after the three singers had applied for provisional disposition of their 13-year contract with SM and failed to disclose a contract detailing the terms regarding the show.

"Even their fans know the concert in Shenzhen had not originally been on their agenda...... The three asked SM to provide them with the contract but they never got to see it so they decided not to perform," Lim Sang-hyuk, attorney at law firm KIM & SHIN said.

He also added that the three members are still willing to talk with the agency as soon as issues over their unfair contract and shares of profit are resolved.

TVXQ, who debuted in 2004 with album "Hug", is one of Korea's most successful K-pop groups. They are stars throughout Asia, reportedly having the largest fanbase in the world, and have enjoyed great success in the Japanese music industry in particular.

The band became the first foreign artist to top the Oricon singles charts six times with their 27th single "Share the World/We are!" released this year.

Avex Reports, "No change in Japan with TVXQ's activities"; Difficult to return to Korean stage next year Saturday November 15, 2009 Korea

In Korea, the media reports their views that it will be difficult for the five members of TVXQ to perform together. They also reported that their future activities in Korea during the early part of 2010 are unclear.
Meanwhile, TVXQ's concert in China, which was supposed to take place on the 21st of November 2009, has been cancelled.

However, in Japan, it has been decided and reported that:
"TVXQ will release their new song, "BREAK OUT!" in the new year 2010."

And also:
"TVXQ's fan meeting performances have been confirmed." (In January 2010.)

To TVXQ: Andy's Meaningful Advice Friday November 13, 2009 Korea

“It will be hard, like having to debut all over again.”

Andy, member of idol group Shinhwa with the longest career, who is in the middle of his solo activities, revealed his “personal opinion” about TVXQ’s situation which is a hot issue in the K-pop world.

Andy who debuted in 1999 under the same company as TVXQ, SM Entertainment, as Shinhwa, has gained lots of popularity. But as soon as the exclusive contract was over, he and the rest of the members had to move to another entertainment company and continuously did activities with passion.

Recently,in the interview with Sports Dong-A, Andy cautiously stated “I sincerely would like TVXQ and their fans who have been with them since the beginning to get back together and continue their activities." and “They should know that if they find another way, they have to start all over again.”

The days after leaving Shinhwa's debut company, Andy says, “It was a great difficulty,” and stressed “They should know that when they leave their debut company, it takes more effort and it is two - three times harder than when they first debuted.”

While Shinhwa’s group activity is on hold due to its members on army service, Andy has continued with his solo activities and scouted new singers, and has turned into a CD producer. In his own company, he has assembled a casting team, and together with (the casting team) has been searching for new entertainers/trainees.

Because of this, Andy is looking at the music industry as a producer. With his experience, he added, "Idol groups that gained popularity quickly think that their efforts are what's important, but still thinking that it is dangerous,"and "You must acknowledge the fact that the company has capabilities and talent."