{"id":28288,"date":"2020-10-30T20:00:15","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T20:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=28288"},"modified":"2020-10-30T16:27:52","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T16:27:52","slug":"tiktok-files-a-patent-counter-suit-against-triller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/tiktok-files-a-patent-counter-suit-against-triller\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok files a patent counter-suit against Triller"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 style=\"user-select: auto;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; user-select: auto;\">After Triller filed a lawsuit against TikTok claiming they stole from a patent approved in 2017, TikTok have now filed a counter-suit.<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><a style=\"user-select: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/tiktok-ceo-points-at-facebook-faces-a-lawsuit-from-triller\/\">TikTok&#8217;s main competitor Triller filed a legal complaint against the company to a federal court in July.<\/a> Triller claim TikTok and ByteDance infringed upon their US patent for &#8220;Systems and methods for creating music videos synchronized with an audio track.&#8221; Basically the concept that made TikTok and Triller so popular. The patent was filed by Triller in 2015 and approved two years later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week saw TikTok strike back with a counter-suit. TikTok and parent company ByteDance ask the court to rule in their favour. &#8220;ByteDance says TikTok doesn\u2019t perform the steps covered by the patent&#8221; <a style=\"user-select: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2020-10-28\/tiktok-parent-bytedance-sue-rival-triller-in-patent-dispute\">according to Bloomberg.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mike Lu&#8217;s response in an email statement seems to target <a style=\"user-select: auto;\" href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/tiktok-plan-20-sale-to-oracle-seek-a-u-s-based-ipo-trump-demands-total-control\/\">TikTok&#8217;s on-going security issues in the US.<\/a> &#8220;This is nothing more than a transparent attempt by a Chinese conglomerate with tens of thousands employees to manipulate the U.S. legal system by not responding to Triller\u2019s complaint or answering for their violations.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After Triller filed a lawsuit against TikTok claiming they stole from a patent approved in 2017, TikTok have now filed a counter-suit. 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