<p>Chinese internet giant Baidu filed a lawsuit against news aggregator and TikTok developer ByteDance on Friday, demanding 90 million yuan ($13.4 million) in compensation for unfair competition, according to a statement Baidu sent to Sixth Tone.</p><p>In the civil lawsuit filed with the Haidian District court in Beijing, Baidu claimed that ByteDance’s news aggregator, Jinri Toutiao, stole AI technology and search results from TOP 1, a product Baidu developed in 2017. Baidu also demanded that ByteDance immediately stop using its intellectual property and issue a public apology online.</p><p>The same day, The Beijing News <a href="http://www.bjnews.com.cn/finance/2019/04/26/572816.html" target="_blank">reported</a> that ByteDance was also suing Baidu for 90 million yuan in a lawsuit filed with the same Beijing court, accusing Baidu of stealing content from its short-video app, TikTok. ByteDance had not responded to Sixth Tone’s request for comment by time of publication.&#160;<em>(Image: IC)</em></p><div style="text-align:center;height:inherit"><div data-index="0" class="illustrationWrap"></div></div>

Baidu, ByteDance Sue Each Other for $13.4 Million

Half Tones are small, easily digestible bites of news. Concise and to the point, they deliver the crux of a new story in just a few paragraphs or provide timely updates to our previous coverage.