360 WINS sogou sogou commercial unfair competition case to discredit sentenced to punitive damages

“Sogou browser suspected compromised user account password” news was exposed by media, as the nation’s largest Internet-security company, 360 ought to remind the users. However, dog company rather than face up to their problems, instead of in the official website and a big smear, slander on Twitter 360, causing concern and dissatisfaction for users and members of the judiciary, and eventually the 360 has sued the Beijing second intermediate people’s Court. On December 26, 2014, the Court ruled that sogou remarks do not conform to the facts, and harm the business reputation and product reputation of 360 companies constitute commercial defamation and ordering to stop acts of unfair competition, 360 as compensation for the economic loss of 300,000 yuan.
It is reported that in 2013, CCTV broke several authoritative media, such as “search dog browser suspected compromised user account password,” the news sogou disclose user information, including provident funds, PayPal, Bank user properties such as much of the account information. 360 after the company received a lot of feedback to the user, immediately organized personnel to verify, change your password and notify the user in order to avoid major losses caused by the search dog network security incidents. However, the dog found the company not only does not face significant problems in its products which, instead of November 7, 2013 in the browser sogou’s official website, SINA weibo sogou browser release false information, and defame the reputation of the plaintiff.
According to 360 lawyers introduced, sogou publish disparaging information including the amazing Tiger 360 company “mad smear the sogou browser” such a tirade. Since then, the defendants dog company intensified, and even use “means brutal”, “incitement to cause a social alarm” and other expressions, direct attack of the 360 company. Therefore, sogou these actions of the company, damage to the 360 ‘s business reputation, constituted unfair competition.
On December 26, 2014, the Beijing second intermediate people’s Court sentenced sogou published statements do not conform to the facts, and related terms with clearly derogatory and disparaging. Dog company deliberately fabricating and spreading false facts, damaging the credibility and commercial reputation of the 360 company business constitutes commercial defamation and ordering to search dogs to stop acts of unfair competition, 360 as compensation for the economic loss of 300,000 yuan.
In this case since the year sogou cases companies sued by the 360 company for the third time. Previously, 360 companies have unfair competition to the Beijing second intermediate people’s Court to prosecute dog company, claims of 50 million Yuan, in addition, 360 to the Beijing Xicheng Court dog company CEO Wang xiaochuan reputation tort, claims 1 million Yuan.
Such action, 360 says, as head of Internet security technology, with first-class innovation ability of national enterprises, the company has been working to improve national cyber security. In the course of maintaining network security, inevitably affects the interest of black belt, that denigrate 360 words and related products without interruption. Those with ulterior motives, intentions triggered netizens doubt about 360 Security products, which have a negative impact on network security situation in the country, and may even allow hackers, Trojans, phishing and other Internet evil forces took the opportunity to again, cause inestimable losses to individuals and the national cyber security. In this regard, the 360 will firmly take up legal weapons to safeguard their legitimate rights and interests.