The literary property doesn't exist in South Korea and China.

Countering the counterfeiters

COLIN DONALD

China is not the only culprit. Sugden explains that he is unable to trade in the lucrative South Korean market because a savvy but shameless Korean businessman has opened a cashmere and tweed shop in Seoul, registered under the name of "Johnstons". The UK trade authorities may be sympathetic, but challenging the imposter in the Korean courts, he says, would be prohibitively expensive.


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