Baidu Loses Important Court Case

More bad news for Baidu. First, the company’s stock valuation gets slammed by two Wall Street firms. Now, the Chinese search engine loses an important legal battle. The company must pay a small fine and it can no longer direct Web surfers to sites where they can download music illegally. This is particularly sensitive because the Chinese government hasn’t been very good on protecting patents. This has been a sore spot in East/West business dealings and hopefully, this case may signal a change.

Baidu’s stock has been incredibly popular and the site is a big hit in China, especially among the country’s youth. Google owns 2.6% of Baidu’s stock and some people think that Google’s follow-on offering is designed to raise money for a Baidu buyout. Baidu plans to appeal the court’s ruling.

Posted by on September 20th, 2005 at 10:54 am


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