Medical Site Sues Baidu for Blocking Site

Beijing Daily, 4/17/09

Tangshan Ren-Ren Information Services has brought an antitrust suit against Chinese online search giant Baidu (Nasdaq: BIDU), to be heard by the Beijing No.1 Intermediate People's Court. Ren-Ren Information Services alleges that its 'Quanmin Medicine' site, www.qmyy.com, began to see a sharp decrease in visitor numbers starting July 10 of last year. Research by the company showed a marked difference in the way Google and Baidu had indexed its site: Google had 6,690 pages from the site indexed; Baidu, only 4. The company alleges that Baidu is blocking its site.

As part of its suit, Ren-Ren is seeking damages of RMB 1.1 mln and the complete restoration of its pages to Baidu's index. Arguments in the case will be heard in the near future.

Keywords: Tangshan Ren-Ren antitrust Baidu Beijing No.1 Intermediate People BIDU Internet online search law litigation

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