Baidu is latest to be sued under Anti-monopoly Law
May 09, 2009 | BY
clpstaff &clp articlesCase is similar to recent complaint against Google in US
Following recent action taken against China Mobile, a lawsuit has been filed against Baidu on the grounds of abuse of dominant position.
The litigation was filed with Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court by Tangshan Renren Information Service Company (TRISC). According to the China Daily, the company said Baidu had “monopolised the Chinese search engine market” and alleged the search engine had “blacklisted” a subsidiary after it moved to a lower-tier advertising arrangement.
In this case, Baidu has refuted the allegations, and the existence of the search engine market itself – online searches are generally free and so no pricing scheme exists, the company said.
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