Meta再陷商业窃密诉讼：伦敦公司指控Instagram Shopping剽窃初创应用技术

Core Points - Meta is involved in a new intellectual property dispute regarding its Instagram Shopping feature, which is alleged to have copied technology from a defunct startup called Winstag [1][3] - Ollywan Limited, the company behind Winstag, claims that Meta obtained sensitive information about Winstag's technology and business model under the guise of a potential partnership in 2019 [3] - The lawsuit alleges that Meta used its market dominance to suppress Winstag's visibility, leading to the app's shutdown in 2023 due to user loss and funding failure [3] Legal Proceedings - Ollywan Limited has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, seeking economic damages and an injunction against Meta to prevent further use of the disputed technology [3] - The first hearing for this case is scheduled for the third quarter of 2024 [3]