Galanz sues Tmall for alleged abuse of market dominance

On November 5, 2019, Galanz released an announcement on Weibo, claiming that Tmall was suspected of abusing its market dominance and filed a lawsuit against Tmall. The case has now been accepted by the Guangzhou Intellectual Property Court.

As early as mid-2019, Galanz published an article on its official account stating that since Galanz logged into Pinduoduo, searches for Galanz on Tmall have been abnormal, seriously affecting the sales of Galanz products. In other words, Galanz believes that Tmall has restricted its traffic after it logged into Pinduoduo. Later, Tmall stated that searches for "Galanz" on the Tmall platform have always been normal.

Until recently, Galanz once again attacked Tmall, saying that Tmall was suspected of abusing its market dominance. It seems that the two are about to usher in a new round of fierce battle.

On November 5, 2019, the State Administration for Market Regulation held an "Administrative Guidance Seminar on Regulating Online Business Activities" and announced that it would launch an antitrust investigation into the "choose one of two" problem on e-commerce platforms.

Judging from the data obtained from Qichacha, the dispute between Galanz and Tmall has not yet been resolved. It is unknown whether Galanz and Tmall will reach some kind of consensus under the intervention of the State Administration for Market Regulation.

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