"Today's headlines" v. Sohu commercial vilification

Sina Technology News Noon on July 9 news, Beijing Haidian court official microblogging today announced the news that because Sohu's claim that "today's headlines" infringement of copyright constitutes a commercial slander, "today's headlines," the direction of the court to prosecute SOHU requires Stop commercial slander, publicly apologize, eliminate the impact and compensate for economic loss of 1 million yuan. Today, Haidian court accepted the case according to law.

Haidian court microblogging message reads as follows:

Because think Sohu company in the press conference and the website of the operation that "today headlines" infringement of copyright constitutes a business slander, "today's headlines" mobile device news client application developers, operators Beijing Byte Beat Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Byte Company) sued Beijing Sohu Internet Information Service Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Sohu Company) to the court and demanded that it stop commercial slander and publicly apologize to eliminate the impact and compensate for the economic loss of RMB1 million. Today, Haidian court accepted the case according to law.

Byte, Inc. claims that it is the developer, marketer and defendant of "Today's Headlines" mobile device news client application Sohu is the operator of the Sohu News mobile news client application. On June 24, 2014, Sohu held a press conference titled "Defense of Copyright, Pirates of theft, Mobile Media Anti-Piracy Action Conference", and announced the lawsuit against Byte companies for copyright infringement and unfair competition. Sohu.com Chief editor at the press conference claimed that "today's headlines are not search engines, content providers," "is the content of the boutique moved into its own supermarket" "Today's headlines steal content, steal Sohu interests for their own delivery Interest "and so on. Sohu company appealed the content of the press conference on its website in the form of thematic focus on the issue, trying to create "today's headlines" is the image of pirates.

Bytes The company believes that the existence of infringement on its "Today's headlines" product is a legally unsolved problem. Sohu, before judging the judiciary, flatly claimed that the byte company infringed it and made an assessment of the insult and derogatory words Festival company. Sohu's acts seriously infringed the reputation of byte companies, seriously damaged the business reputation and reputation of byte companies, and caused serious economic losses to byte companies, posing a commercial slander. Therefore, they filed a lawsuit in court.

At present, the case is under further investigation. (South wood)