Baidu Wins Lawsuit Against Qihoo 360
Tencent Tech, 4/27/13
The Beijing No.1 Intermediate People's Court issued a ruling today in Chinese internet company Baidu's (Nasdaq: BIDU) unfair competition suit against Internet services and security software provider Qihoo 360 (NYSE: QIHU). The court found in favor of Baidu and ordered Qihoo 360 to cease all unfair competition, feature an apology to Baidu on its homepage for a span of 15 days, and pay RMB 450,000 in damages.
Baidu's suit against Qihoo 360 alleged that the company:
1) Unilaterally altered Baidu search results, creating confusion, and;
2) Deliberately imitated the appearance of genuine Baidu search results, hijacking traffic away from Baidu, making infringing use of Baidu's logo, and engaging in unfair competition.
Editor's Note: For more information on this topic, please see "Court to Hear Baidu Case against Qihoo 360," MD 2/21/13 and "Baidu Examines Legality of Qihoo 360 Search Aggregator," MD 8/23/12 issues.
Keywords: Internet Baidu Beijing No.1 Intermediate People's Court BIDU Qihoo 360 QIHU litigation online search penalty law IPR infringement
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