Faced with so many public opinions, Banu issued a statement on September 17, hoping to provide customers with healthy and delicious hot pot together with Haidilao.
From a legal point of view, whether it is suspected of plagiarism depends on whether it exists. Design patent? After verification, neither company has any design patents. Moreover, some lawyers expressed their opinions: the setting of dishes cannot be regarded as the category of design.
In fact, many dishes are similar or the same all over the country, such as boiled pork slices, Sichuan-style pork, boiled chicken, pickled fish and so on, so whether these dishes are copied or not is a matter of opinion. Hot pot restaurant is for people to eat hot pot. They can provide excellent service and exquisite dishes. It is most important for consumers to eat delicious, be happy and be willing to spend. And for things like hairy belly and fennel fritters, most hot pot restaurants have good dishes. Shouldn't the focus be on the ingredients themselves? Although setting dishes determines the aesthetic level, it is not delicious or not, delicious or not. As Banu said, it is necessary to provide customers with healthy and delicious hot pot. This is what hot pot restaurants should do.
The transformation of Haidilao from service to product quality is a good thing, which at least proves that it is not satisfied with the status quo, and fans should not be too impulsive. Perhaps the way to improve the quality is not appropriate or controversial at present, but what we should pay more attention to is whether the dishes become more diversified, whether the taste becomes better, whether we can provide better services, and whether we can improve our own shortcomings without losing our original advantages.