On March 30, Douban sued Weibo on the grounds of "unfair competition." That night, Weibo responded to a platform that said it had filed an unfair competition lawsuit against Weibo.
According to the civil complaint provided by Douban, Douban argued that Weibo had copied multiple Douban group names without authorization.
Screenshot of civil complaint. Douban courtesy of the picture
Douban said that on March 29, Weibo @ Super Talk Community released a blog post "Super Talk Rising Star Plan" to recruit super talk administrators, and the unauthorized use of multiple Douban group names in the blog post picture, such as: Strange Problem Research Center, Sunset Enthusiasts, Quarrel Did Not Play Well, The Most Sentimental Group in History, etc., while recruiting people with Douban Group management experience to the Weibo platform to establish a "Super Talk Community" similar in nature to the "Douban Group".
Douban appealed to Weibo to immediately stop the infringement, publicly apologize, and compensate Douban for 1 yuan.
The case is currently in "pending review".
Screenshot of the status of the case. Douban courtesy of the picture
On the evening of the 30th, the @Weibo spokesperson made a statement in response to a platform saying that it had filed an unfair competition lawsuit against Weibo.
It said that the supernova plan carried out by Weibo Super Talk is not aimed at a certain platform, belongs to the normal business operation category, and there is no unfair competition or plagiarism at all. On the contrary, Weibo has issued several announcements before, strictly prohibiting users and MCN agencies from carrying undesirable content such as false confrontations from a certain platform.
Screenshot of Weibo
Weibo also wrote in the statement, "Since the birth of the Internet, openness and freedom have always been its background. Good birds choose trees to live, and users migrate and flow between different platforms based on interests and wishes is a normal and legitimate phenomenon, and it is not worth hyping up or distorting into unfair competition. ”
Source @Douban@Weibo spokesperson
Edited by Wang Qiong
Process Editor Liu Weili