The reporter learned from the Haidian District People's Court in Beijing that Beijing Weibo Vision Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Weibo Company) sued Beijing Chuangrui Culture Media Co., Ltd. and Chengdu Leo Culture Communication Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Leo Company) because it believed that the short videos and comments of Tik Tok APP were obtained and provided to the public by technical means or manual means. During the trial of the case, the microblog company filed an application for behavior preservation, demanding that Chuangrui Company and Leo Company immediately stop using technical means or manual means to obtain video files and comments from Tik Tok APP and provide them to the public through Taobao APP. On June 28, Beijing Haidian Court made a ruling on behavior preservation according to law, and supported the application for behavior preservation of micro-broadcasting company.
Micro-broadcasting company claims to be the developer and operator of Tik Tok APP. By investing high operating costs and providing high-quality original content, it has formed a competitive advantage among similar products. Micro-broadcasting companies have legitimate rights and interests in short videos and comments in Tik Tok APP. 2. As a competitor in the same industry, the Respondent provided short videos and user comments illegally captured from Tik Tok APP to the public in its Taobao App jointly operated by * * *, and the number of short videos obtained for evidence reached more than 50,000. 2. The above behavior of the respondent weakened the competitive advantage of the micro-broadcasting company, which violated the provisions of Article 2 of the Anti-Unfair Competition Law and constituted unfair competition.