Official documents confirm that K-pop idol G-DRAGON regained the trademark for his name on May 17.
Four days later, on May 21, the trademark was transferred to his current agency, Galaxy Corporation.
Fans rejoiced with this great news and took to X (formerly Twitter) to celebrate.
wow congrats G-DRAGON 😍😍 GD has successfully made full transfer of right of G-Dragon trademark from YG to Galaxy 👏👏#GDRAGON comeback is coming 🕺🏻🎤 pic.twitter.com/HX7ERcINo5
— G-Dragon is the manual (@WhiteTamar1) May 23, 2024
g-dragon finally has his trademark HDJAJEKSKRKKSKFKS COMEBACK NA ITO
— jii 🌼 (@doiewons) May 24, 2024
The king is getting ready!! Best performer is kpop is gonna rock the stage soon. PAKs incoming, already sitting at 3 songs.#GDRAGON👑 https://t.co/CQUcgvJJoW pic.twitter.com/0fHbQNV3ZS
— Rai (@Rai__Epic) May 24, 2024
I mean Jiyong is Gdragon that's his name in the first place!
Congrats king & GDRAGON is coming! pic.twitter.com/C7NhV7V6zO https://t.co/ROkDorXNmp— 𝕭𝕭 🍀 (@gdtopremacy) May 24, 2024
https://t.co/o3qBiTHouE pic.twitter.com/YOGt1aeVLl
— 🍀Bigbang⁵🍀 (@kpopAlly16) May 24, 2024
Despite we hate YG so much, but he always give his artists' trademark back to them without any dramas. Hopefully, he give 2NE1 trademark too. https://t.co/7idqNTWrRT
— Haru | RUKA ♡🦥 (@Koe_Haru) May 24, 2024
Companies frequently register trademarks for the names of their artists. This is the reason why, after leaving their company, many groups encounter the problem of not being able to continue as their original group name.
Since the star was given the stage name “G-DRAGON” upon his debut, YG Entertainment is the owner of the trademark for it. As of October 12, 2023, YG Entertainment has successfully finished the applications necessary to renew the “G-DRAGON” trademark.
Then after being cleared of all drug-related charges, BIGBANG member G-Dragon left YG Entertainment.
The name ‘G-DRAGON’ was derived from the artist’s name Ji Yong. “G” for the first part of his name “Ji” and the “yong” which means “Dragon” in Korea.
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