Why does sogou insist on patents?
Through search: sogou's patents related to input have been granted 159 (mostly concentrated in 2006-2014); Only 1 12 patents related to input (2010-2014) were authorized under Baidu's name;
With input method as the search term, there are 44 items in sogou and 19 items in Baidu.
Generally speaking, sogou has a patent advantage over Baidu. But why does sogou keep losing?
Sogou is currently applying for patents, and there are 34 in the actual trial state; Baidu is actually examining patents 156;
After the time node 20 10 Baidu input method came out, in fact, the number of patent applications in sogou after Baidu came out was not as much as that of Baidu; Under successful circumstances, the patents actually examined will be released one after another within one year to one and a half years, when the number of patents mastered by Baidu will crush sogou. Therefore, sogou now wants to take advantage of its current advantages to bite Baidu. However, judging from the patents withdrawn many years ago in the above picture, sogou's strategy is undoubtedly a failure.