It is reported that Shanghai Taibo Yue Zhen Electronic Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Taibo Auto Network") and SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile Co., Ltd.") recently submitted anti-monopoly reports (hereinafter referred to as "reports") to the Anti-monopoly Bureau of the State Administration of Markets.
According to the report, on September 1 2020, Tencent issued a "Legal Letter" to automobile manufacturers including SAIC-GM-Wuling in the downstream of the car networking products or services, claiming that the "Xinbaojun Car Link" APP software and the "Notification Extension Assistant" software developed by Taber Car Networking for its customers were suspected of constituting WeChat trademark infringement and unfair competition, and on this ground, it requested SAIC-GM-Wuling to immediately stop using these softwares and Tencent. At the same time, Tencent also filed an application for an injunction on the grounds that the infringement was very urgent and the damage was difficult to make up.
In addition, on1October 29th, 2020, 10, Tencent sued Taibo Auto Network and SAIC-GM-Wuling, and the next court session will be on April 3rd this year.
It is worth mentioning that Taibo Car Network disclosed in the report that it was recently discovered that Tencent Company was suspected of implementing the invention patent of "Method and Device for Prompting Key Road Conditions on Navigation Equipment and Navigation Path" in its "Tencent Map Car Edition" software without permission.
In this regard, Taibo Car Network has also filed a lawsuit against Tencent for the above-mentioned alleged patent infringement, requesting that Tencent immediately stop the infringement and compensate the economic losses and reasonable expenses of 80 million yuan. It is reported that the case was filed by Shanghai Intellectual Property Court on February 4, 20021. However, because it was not long ago, it has not been made public.
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Tencent responded to the other party's "malicious speculation and monopoly":
On the afternoon of February 9, Tencent issued a response statement, saying that it had paid attention to the relevant reports about Taber Internet of Vehicles and SAIC-GM-Wuling reporting Tencent, and said that Tencent and its products provided services to users and third-party products in the concept of fair competition and open cooperation, and "malicious speculation and monopoly" should not be a shield for infringement.
In addition, Tencent's response statement shows that in 20 19, Shanghai Taibo Yue Zhen Electronic Equipment Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile Co., Ltd. called and controlled the "Xinbaojun Car Association" App and "WeChat Notification Assistant" software in the driving scene without the official authorization of Tencent. After testing, there are the following problems:
1. This software can collect, store and upload sensitive data such as WeChat contact information and chat information without the explicit authorization of Tencent and users, which seriously violates the privacy and personal information rights of WeChat users.
2. For the sake of driving safety, the WeChat car scene only allows drivers to use basic voice communication functions. The software controls the operation of WeChat through technical means, disguising it as an Android car application to cheat WeChat to get the reply interface of WeChat messages, thus realizing various complex functions and posing potential risks to users' driving safety.
3. SAIC-GM-Wuling and Taibo publicly publicized and developed the on-board WeChat function, and frequently used trademarks such as "WeChat" and "WeChat" to mislead users and partners, which constituted trademark infringement and unfair competition.