"Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily" reported on February 9 (Reporter Huang Xinyi) Due to the failure of the second instance appeal, Baidu publicly apologized to NavInfo in the media.
Beijing Baidu Network Technology Co., Ltd., Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd., and Baidu Cloud Computing Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. issued apology statements, saying that the companies fulfilled the requirements of the previous first-instance judgment and publicly apologized to NavInfo .
The apology statement shows that NavInfo filed a copyright infringement and unfair competition dispute with the Beijing Intellectual Property Court in November 2017. The Beijing Intellectual Property Court made a first-instance judgment in November 2020, holding that Baidu had infringed and should compensate for losses and eliminate Impact etc. Baidu was dissatisfied with the first-instance judgment and appealed. The Beijing Higher People's Court made a judgment and upheld the original judgment.
Baidu stated in the statement that it has proactively fulfilled all the terms of the (2017) Jing 73 Minchu Civil Judgment No. 1914. In accordance with the second requirement of the main text of the judgment, we now publicly apologize to NavInfo.
html On January 9, NavInfo announced that it had recently received the "Civil Judgment of the Beijing Higher People's Court" against the company against Beijing Baidu Netcom Technology Co., Ltd., Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd., and Baidu Cloud Computing. The final judgment was made in the copyright infringement and unfair competition dispute case of Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. The final judgment was: the appeal was dismissed and the original judgment was upheld. The amount involved in this lawsuit is 64.5 million yuan.At that time, Baidu responded to the Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily that Baidu Maps used self-collected data after the contract with Siwei was terminated in 2016, not Siwei data. In response to the verdict, Baidu will apply to the Supreme People's Court for a retrial to safeguard our legitimate interests . At the same time, Baidu has launched a lawsuit against NavInfo for infringement of Baidu Map copyright and unfair competition.
According to the Cooperation Agreement, NavInfo authorized Beijing Baidu Network Technology Co., Ltd. and Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. to use the plaintiff’s electronic map works within the scope of the agreement, and paid NavInfo the corresponding license fee. The contract Valid until December 31, 2016. After the contract expired, the two parties did not renew it.
NavInfo said that Beijing Baidu Network Technology Co., Ltd., Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. and its affiliated company Baidu Cloud Computing Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. continued to use NavInfo after the termination of the "Cooperation Agreement" The newly provided electronic maps provide electronic map products to the public through computer terminals, mobile phone terminals, etc., and provide electronic maps for vehicle-related applications beyond the scope of the original contract. This seriously infringes NavInfo's rights of authorship, modification, reproduction, and information network dissemination in its electronic map works. It also seriously violates the principle of commercial integrity, disrupts the order of market competition, constitutes unfair competition, and damages NavInfo. New legitimate rights and interests.
According to the previously disclosed judgment, Baidu not only needs to publish an apology statement in the media, but also needs to compensate for economic losses of 64.5 million yuan, reasonable expenses of 926,600 yuan, and stop infringing the copyright of NavInfo-related graphic works.
(Financial Associated Press reporter Huang Xinyi)
