ADOR files injunction toward NJ

[RussianRoulette]

Goodnight/good morning everyone

It’s 3am and I can’t sleep so y’all are getting this news hot off the press.

Here we go.
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If you guys have been following this series, then you guys will be up to date on the info that Ador is currently filing a lawsuit against a (former?) Ador manager for scheduling NJ private schedules outside of Ador on company time and using company resources.

To put things simply, today (or actually last week to be exact) Ador has filed an injunction towards NJ to prevent them from signing private advertising contracts until the court has made its official ruling on whether or not their exclusive contract with them is still valid.

It’s being claimed this is to:

- Preserve Ador’s current status as NJ’s company (because right now Ador still considers themselves in contract with NJ while they do not).

- Prevent confusion, legal issues, and damages towards these companies they are trying to make private advertising contracts with.

- Preserve both Ador and NJ’s brand value since this current confusion can cause both parties brand values to decline.

- The article said the final ruling could take years after the validity of the contract is clarified and by then there could be irreparable damage (DEAR GOD PLEASE LET THIS NOT TAKE YEARS)

- This is also not to set a bad precedent in the industry.

Here is a quote from Ador:Before legal responsibility expands uncontrollably for the sake of New Jeans, we must provide an opportunity to correct our wrong judgments or actions​

if a precedent is created where they unilaterally declare the termination of their exclusive contract and begin independent entertainment activities without going through legal procedures, the incentive to invest in the entertainment industry will disappear, shaking the foundation of the K-pop industry and causing it to shrink significantly​

To finish things off, while NJ is claiming they have finished all planned schedules with Ador and they are free, Ador is saying all of this year’s schedules have already been planned including a full album, tour, and fan meetings. They wish to continue communicating and working with NJ on these scheduled plans (though to my understanding NJ is not even talking to them).

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[UMJI MOODS]

In all likelihood this is a larger repeat of the Gfriend name dispute where source/hybe lost over and over but kept filing injunctions to rehear the case endlessly. Just to stop the girls from using their name.
If njs legal counsel is correct and the contract is null and void I expect ador/hybe to file endlessly injunctions till the day the contract would have expired.

 

[RussianRoulette]

In all likelihood this is a larger repeat of the Gfriend name dispute where source/hybe lost over and over but kept filing injunctions to rehear the case endlessly. Just to stop the girls from using their name.
If njs legal counsel is correct and the contract is null and void I expect ador/hybe to file endlessly injunctions till the day the contract would have expired.

I feel like this is a little different? I know Ador owns the NJ name, this is to prevent the girls from doing schedules under their own real names. They are also just asking for it to last until the court rules on whether the contract is still valid.

I’m 100% certain if NJ wins Ador will go to any and all lengths to try to screw over the girls in other ways (maybe by preventing them from using their name and music?), but I feel like this isn’t the strongest argument.

 

[UMJI MOODS]

They are also just asking for it to last until the court rules on whether the contract is still valid.

It is much cheaper to appeal the same case over and over again if they lose. Filing a new case costs more than just asking the court to rehear the same. It can literally drag on for years also.