Watchers of video STREAM service prepare for lawsuit against LGU+, alleging unauthorized theft of technology = South Korea

Watcha, which provides the over-the-top (OTT) service “WATCHA,” applied to the South Korean Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprise Ventures in November 2023 to become a mobile communications carrier.
It has been revealed that LG U+ (LGU+) has withdrawn its report of infringement of its technology and has begun preparing for a lawsuit.
Watchers are looking at around 10 LGU+ acquisitions at the end of 2022.
It alleges that during the month, it used various techniques without permission, including OTT operating methods and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to personalize content. The company disclosed this information in October last year to the Korean Fair Trade Commission.
However, the FTC decided not to launch an investigation. At the time, the Japan Fair Trade Commission said, ``It is difficult to make AI-based content recommendation technology unique to Watcher.
Even if it is a proprietary technology, there is no evidence that LGU+ plagiarized it to create a product." The report to the Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprise Venture Businesses, which has now been withdrawn, was made several weeks after the Fair Trade Commission's decision.
Prior to this, Watcher announced in December 2023 that LGU+ would use the user interface (UI), user experience (UX), and design of its own services, and use its own OT.
He said that he has started an open beta service for T service "U + tv More". On the other hand, LGU+ maintains its position that "there is no evidence that the technology in question has been applied to our services."
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