In response to the seadon court findingSearch the dog“construction of the company”Undue competition"the dog search company said it wouldAppealsI don't know。
On 28 june, according to the haidian court network, on 27 june, the haidian court issued a verdict in three cases of unfair competition, involving the search of dog entry by means of a search candidate and prosecution of dog search guides, respectively, finding that the dog search company constituted an improper competition and that the plaintiffs in the three cases should cease their public removal of the influence, compensation of $5 million each to chidhu, and compensation of $5 million each for economic losses, and compensation of over 20 million each to motome and shinma。
The plaintiffs (chihua, unito, momento and shinma inc.) found that the andreu mobile phone input method, launched by dog search inc. Since december 2015, provided a search candidate service, that the search candidates were listed above the input word in the input interface, that the user clicked on the search candidate and jumped directly into the dog search results page, and that the searcher constituted an undue competition and claimed damages of over $100 million each。
The haydian court found that the user had selected a search engine in the above-mentioned circumstances, that the dog search company had deliberately created confusion between the users, that the user had been guided by search candidates to the equally unidentified dog search results page by means of search candidates, and that it should be considered that the normal operation of the plaintiff's operations in the three cases was hampered by technical means and by ways that influenced the user's choice, which constituted undue competition。
In response, the dog search company, for its part, told journalists that the “search candidate” function did not involve hijacking traffic, “we regret the outcome of this trial. We will appeal to the beijing intellectual property court for further hearing and clarification.”
The search for dogs indicated that making access to information easier was the original purpose of the search for dog input method to introduce the search candidate function. This function, which combines input methods and searches, can help users to obtain the desired information more quickly, an innovation that has been patented and its innovativeness recognized by the courts in this trial。
The dog searcher network shows that it is a search, input method, browser and other internet products and service providers. In june 2006, the dog search system was launched, and it now covers over 500 million users, with a market occupancy rate of 98 per cent. As of the end of march, the number of active users of dog-searching mobile phones entered on a daily basis reached 443 million, a 23 per cent increase over the previous year。
