QQ vs 360 - An Anti-unfair Competition Case

On 14 October 2010, Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd (Tencent) launched an action against Beijing Qihoo Technology Co., Ltd (Qihoo) alleging that the latter has breached Article 14 of the Anti-Unfair Competition Law⁽¹⁾. Article 14 of the Anti-Unfair Competition Law prohibits entities from fabricating or spreading false facts, resulting in damaging the business reputation of a competing entity

Tencent is the owner of a popular instant messaging or social networking software, most commonly known as "QQ", which is used widely in China. Qihoo is the owner of the "360" line of security software– the main objective of these software is to protect users against computer viruses.