The nation’s first IM interchange case was open: Tencent claimed 5 million for PICA

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Holding the view that the offering of free mobile QQ service by defendant is a kind of tort.

Shenzhen Tencent believed that PICA filched its mobile QQ customer secretly by using software. The plaintiff brought lawsuit with the reason of illicit competition and claimed a 5 million compensation. During the proceeding at law yesterday in Municipal First Intermediate Court, PICA denied the action of “tort”and declared that they did that “on the basis of its business’s principle of interchanging and intercommunicating”. It is known that this is the nation’s first infringement case in instant communication system.