According to the news on February 17, according to domestic media reports recently, Tesla won the first-instance trial against the substitute driver for infringement of the right to reputation, and the defendant driver was sentenced to publicly apologize to Tesla and compensate 20,000 yuan.
According to a civil judgment issued by the Yuelu District People's Court in Changsha, Hunan Province, the plaintiff was Tesla (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. and the defendant was a substitute driver in Hunan.
It is reported that the above-mentioned driver who works on a driving platform in Changsha made a poster on April 20, 2020, and then posted it in the advertising column of a commercial center in Changsha.
The poster reads, "Due to Tesla brake problems, Tesla NO (refused) to drive for you." It is worth mentioning that the poster was also accompanied by a picture of the rights protection scene of the Henan Tesla car advocate at the Shanghai Auto Show that month, as well as a two-dimensional code of a driving platform.
Tesla believes that the driver directly publicized Tesla's "brake failure" as a factual publicity without the detection of authoritative institutions, infringing Tesla's right to reputation.
In addition, the poster also added the two-dimensional code information of an official platform and other content, leading the public to believe that the driving platform claimed that Tesla "brake failure", which caused a serious adverse impact on the brand reputation.
According to the first-instance judgment, the defendant driver was sentenced to publicly apologize to Tesla on his personal video platform and social platform for not less than 30 days, and compensated Tesla for economic losses and reasonable rights protection expenses totaling 20,000 yuan.
The case acceptance fee is 1413 yuan, Tesla bears 500 yuan, and the defendant driver bears 913 yuan.
It is worth mentioning that Tesla has also sued a Model 3 owner in Wenzhou before, who after a Tesla accident, publicly spread false statements such as "Tesla brake failure and automatic acceleration" on radio, social platforms and other occasions, and was awarded 50,000 yuan in compensation to Tesla in the first instance, and publicly apologized on social platforms.
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