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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2017.18.3.270

A Study of the Effects and Regulations of Comparative Advertising: Focusing on the Definition and Application of Unfairly Comparative Advertising  

Cho, Jae-Yung (Department of Advertising and PR, Chungwoon University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.18, no.3, 2017 , pp. 270-276 More about this Journal
Abstract
Previous studies of the effects of comparative advertising did not consider that comparative advertising should satisfy its legal conditions otherwise it would be unfairly comparative advertising. In this context, this study reviewed the current legal definition of 'unfairly comparative advertising' to clarify it by the definition of unfairly comparative advertising of the Guideline of Judgement of Comparative Labeling or Advertising based on the Act on Fair Labeling and Advertising. In addition, this study confirmed that comparative advertising was banned by the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act, which was the previous act on unfair labeling or advertising, and identified differences between the two Acts in regulating unfairly comparative advertising. This study analyzed 354 adjudication cases of unfairly comparative advertising based on the regulation of Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act. As a result, the definitions of the two Acts of unfairly comparative advertising were found to correspond to each other. These results suggest empirically that comparative advertising was not banned legally in the past and the definition and judgement standards of unfairly comparative advertising have not been changed.
Keywords
Effect of Comparative Advertising; Regulation of Comparative Advertising; Unfairly Comparative Advertising; Comparative Advertising; Definition of Unfairly Comparative Advertising;
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