[Express Train Episode 57] Webzen, the Success and Derivatives of MU Online

Webzen is engaged in game development and game service (publishing) businesses. It is expanding its business through IP (Intellectual Property) partnerships and more.

Currently, it services self-developed online games such as MU Online, R2, Metin2, and Shot Online. Additionally, it offers mobile games like MU Origin 1 (MU IP), MU Origin 2 (MU IP), and Master Tunker, as well as web games such as MU Ignition (MU IP) and MU Tempest (MU IP). Utilizing the MU IP, games like Daecheon Sajigeom H5, Miracle MU: Awakening, Jeonmin Miracle, Daecheon Sajigeom, Spirit War, and Dark Archangel have also been developed overseas.

Patent attorney Eom Jeong-han from BLT Patent Law Firm reviewed Webzen’s patent and trademark application status.

Listed companies on the domestic stock market disclose patent acquisition facts through the Financial Supervisory Service’s electronic disclosure system. However, many stock investors tend to overlook patent disclosures.

Not only patents but also trademark registrations serve as important indicators for understanding future corporate value, as they signal the direction a listed company is heading. Some patent disclosures even act as direct triggers for stock price increases.

It is not easy for general investors to grasp the impact on companies through patent disclosures or to check trademark application statuses one by one. Asia Economy, together with patent attorney Eom Jeong-han from BLT Patent Law Firm, is reviewing the patent and trademark application status of listed companies through the 'Express Train'.

The Express Train is an abbreviation for a broadcast that diligently searches for rapidly rising stocks through patents.