{"id":2200636,"date":"2023-04-06T08:00:59","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T23:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/?p=2200636"},"modified":"2023-04-05T18:14:32","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T09:14:32","slug":"forced-labor-victims-seize-four-patent-rights-of-mitsubishi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2023\/04\/forced-labor-victims-seize-four-patent-rights-of-mitsubishi\/","title":{"rendered":"Forced labor victims seize four patent rights of Mitsubishi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Daejeon District Court has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yna.co.kr\/view\/AKR20230405115900054?section=search\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ruled<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in favor of a group of former victims who were forced to work for Japan during World War II. The court ruled that four of Mitsubishi Heavy Industry\u2019s (MHI) domestic patent rights should be seized in favor of the victims. MHI was a Japanese firm that used forced laborers during the war. The patents were granted to two surviving victims and the families of two other victims who have died. The details of the patents were not disclosed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Citizens\u2019 Group for Forced Mobilization under Japanese Occupation, a civic group that represents the former victims, expressed that the victims should not delay exercising their rights any longer. This is particularly relevant because the government announced a plan to compensate the victims without Japan\u2019s involvement, which the victims did not want. The court\u2019s ruling means that MHI now has 12 assets undergoing compulsory enforcement procedures, including 10 patent rights and two trademark rights that they own domestically.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Why It Matters<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The court\u2019s ruling has the potential to create difficulties for President Yoon Suk-yeol&#8217;s diplomatic efforts to improve relations with Japan. The Yoon administration decided to compensate former wartime victims without Japan&#8217;s involvement as a concession to Tokyo&#8217;s long-held position that all reparation issues were settled by the 1965 treaty that normalized diplomatic relations between the two countries. Yoon does not have the legal authority to overturn a court ruling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During a press conference in Tokyo, Yoon <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.koreaherald.com\/view.php?ud=20230316000790\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stated<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that his administration would not request Tokyo to provide compensation, as this would mean \u201ceverything returns back to where it was.\u201d In 2018, when a South Korean court ruled to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/english.hani.co.kr\/arti\/english_edition\/e_national\/1008340.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">freeze<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the assets of two Japanese firms, Nippon Steel and Mitsubishi, Tokyo protested, and then-Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/english.kyodonews.net\/news\/2020\/10\/5f0a151cc793-suga-wont-visit-s-korea-without-guarantee-on-wartime-labor-row.html?phrase=Mitsubishi%20Heavy%20Industries&amp;words=\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> he would not visit South Korea until Seoul guaranteed that the seized assets would not be liquidated.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/tag\/inter-korean-foreign-relations\/\"><span class=\"tag\">Inter-Korean &amp; Foreign Relations<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Daejeon District Court has ruled in favor of a group of former victims who were forced to work for Japan during World War II. 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