JTBC, PD Jang Siwon, the detective..We're going to have a legal battle in the strongest baseball situation
Apr 29, 2025
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The complaint received on the 28th alleged that Studio C1 and PD Jang Si-won violated copyright law, trademark law, breach of duty, damage to electronic records and obstruction of business.
The copyright law violation is alleged to have infringed on copyright rights by producing a sequel program 'fireball' that is similar to the 'strongest baseball' seasons 1 to 3, in which JTBC holds all rights to IP, and producing 'strongest baseball's spin-off program 'Kim Sung-geun's Winter Vacation' without permission to other OTTs. He also filed a charge of violating the trademark law by using and exposing trademarks without permission from JTBC, the trademark owner of the 'strongest baseball' and violating trademark rights in the 'Kim Sung-geun's Winter Vacation'.
In addition, PD Jang Si-won ran Studio C1 and arbitrarily set the remuneration of directors without a resolution at the general shareholders' meeting, claiming that PD Jang Si-won, the director himself, made property gains and engaged in business malpractice that caused damage to the company.
JTBC also sued C1 for damage and obstruction of work, including electronic records, for deleting files related to 'strongest baseball' stored on JTBC servers without permission after the end of the program production contract. JTBC plans to launch a new season of 'strongest baseball' in September.
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