First mobile Internet monopoly case

The Beijing No 2 Intermediate People's Court will hear "the first monopolization suit in China's mobile Internet business" on Thursday, in which smartphone app maker Beijing Emiage Technology Co sued anti-virus software maker Qihoo 360. The plaintiff said it had developed an electronic business card management system with patents, but part of its functions were blocked by a product of Qihoo, which has been installed on 70 percent of smartphones in China. It claimed the defendant "suppressed the development of patents by domestic app makers".