Online security provider Qihoo 360 was asked to pay 700,000 yuan ($110,000) in compensation for violating the fair competition protocol against search engine Baidu, a Beijing court said on Thursday.The Beijing No 1 Intermediate People's Court ruled that Qihoo 360 violated the Robots.txt protocol and ordered it to pay compensation, including 500,000 yuan in economic losses, to Baidu.

 

The industry's internationally recognized rule stipulates that a search engine should not acquire information that another website operator does not want used.Baidu thought Qihoo 360 disobeyed the protocol, often picking and copying information on the search engine's website, so it appealed to the court and sought 100 million yuan in compensation.But judges dismissed Baidu's claims other than the compensation of 700,000 yuan.Neither company said it would appeal the ruling.Qihoo 360 launched an online search engine in August 2012 that used content from Baidu.

 

The company claimed the content was provided by Internet users and did not infringe on Baidu's intellectual property rights.Qihoo 360 also said it is excluded from Baidu's list that permits websites to obtain information.In addition, Baidu prohibited Qihoo 360 from getting information on the search engine's other programs, such as Baidu Zhidao and Baidu Baike,