{"id":12120,"date":"2007-04-08T08:28:51","date_gmt":"2007-04-08T15:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/04\/08\/has-google-pinyin-been-stolen-from-a-competitor-china-herald-blog\/"},"modified":"2007-04-08T08:28:51","modified_gmt":"2007-04-08T15:28:51","slug":"has-google-pinyin-been-stolen-from-a-competitor-china-herald-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/04\/has-google-pinyin-been-stolen-from-a-competitor-china-herald-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Has Google Pinyin Been Stolen From A Competitor? &#8211; China Herald blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/_uploaded_images_gpinyin-776204.gif\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/_uploaded_images_gpinyin-776204.gif','popup','width=143,height=59,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/_uploaded_images_gpinyin-776204-tm.jpg\" height=\"100\" width=\"242\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\" Uploaded Images Gpinyin-776204\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>From China Herald blog:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nA debate is emerging on the internet whether Google has for its newly released <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinaherald.net\/2007\/04\/google-is-learning-chinese.html\">pinyin input system<\/a> stolen the vocabulary of its competitor Sogou. When the US search engine would have committed such a gross infringement of the intellectual property of a competitor, even though it would have been done by local staff, that would put the company in a difficult position.<\/p>\n<p>There are two different takes up to now. <a href=\"http:\/\/ya.iyee.cn\/2007\/04\/is-google-pinyin-stolen-from-sogou.html\">Yee and others point at awkward similar mistakes<\/a> Google seems to have copied from the vocabulary of Sogou. The fact that Google has failed to respond to the accusations is already seen as an admission of guild.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cwrblog.net\/568\/how-google-can-build-chinese-input-method-better.html\">China Web2.0 Review<\/a> is an authority here and writes: &#8220;My take is that further discussion on this similarity case is not necessary. If Google really infringes Sogou&#8217;s intellectual property rights, they would sue Google. Is it possible that they all licensed vocabulary library from the same source? You will never know it.&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinaherald.net\/2007\/04\/has-google-pinyin-been-stolen-from.html\">[Full Text]<\/a><span style=\"color:#1919ff;text-decoration:underline;\"><br \/>\n<br \/><\/span>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\n<span style=\"color:#1919ff;text-decoration:underline;\"><br \/>\n<br \/><\/span>&#8211; Also <a href=\"\/2007\/04\/google_launches_chinese_input_method_editor_xinhua_1.php\">Google Launches Chinese Input Method Editor<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From China Herald blog: A debate is emerging on the internet whether Google has for its newly released pinyin input system stolen the vocabulary of its competitor Sogou. 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