Dianping sues Baidu in IPR suit

Dianping.com sued Baidu and software company Jietusoft for copyright infringement, Shanghai Intermediate People's Court said Monday.

Shanghai Hantao, which operates Dianping, said many of its customers were misled after Baidu plagiarized content from dianping.com on websites operated by Baidu. Baidu is the content provider of Jietusoft.

Hantao demanded that Baidu and Jietusoft stop infringing on its copyright, publish a statement and jointly pay it compensation of 90 million yuan ($14.1 million).