It had imposed fines and corrective order from [South Korea gimeunji financial newspaper reporter] Franchisor of the child F. The Fair Trade Commission of the franchise brand bonjuk.
F. The child has caught it provides false information to the participating applicants and operators, such as described in the patent products in the disclosure document and franchise agreement is not in fact acquired a patent related to food materials supplied to the merchant, such as beef jangjorim.
According to the FTC this kid F. beef jangjorim as dried shredded squid sauce, ingredients 5 Minced beef, broth, mixing the US, including a provided with the use porridge cooked in the franchise agreement from January 2008 to June 2015, or to kill Write as "goods that are protected by patents such as" was indicated by the respective patent numbers. Information disclosure document was also stated as "patent" products jangjorim poke beef and squid chomuchim, woomin lighted provisions that need to purchase these ingredients from Franchisor.
But patents on these products turned out to be no. F. The child, which had patent poke jangjorim beef and squid chomuchim, woomin 2007. But after the 2011 patent broth mixed with rice, we do not charge the patent examination five years after the patent application was automatically canceled.
The FTC said that "patent only hayeoteul as" goods that are protected by such patents, through documentation in franchise agreements and disclosure no time have received the actual patents, etc. It was like described as the patented provide unlike facts, or inflate the facts It was determined to be appropriate in providing an illegal act. "
The FTC has decided to impose a corrective order the child, and 46 million won in fines sanctions against F., what the FTC has imposed fines for providing false information, exaggerating the Franchisor acts this is the first time.
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