As an eat-and-see company provides an eat-and-see service, its business will be negatively influenced if reservations are made through toto (third party online reservation system). For this reason, the eat-and-see company has set up an exclusive contract with toto, which allows eat-and-see customers to make a reservation through either of them. ‘For our promotion policy towards users who have already subscribed to tto prior to the establishment of eat-and see site, or those who would like to use eat-and see site after canceling their subscription, eat-and see company will make a direct contract with them. eat-and see company does not want to be accused of unfair competition against tto by signing a contract with eat-and eat customers who have already subscribed to toto.’
Recently eat and see the site has been involved in a dispute with another third-party online reservation system over the exclusive contracts between eat-and know the site and third-party online reservation systems. In past cases regarding review sites, courts ordered the defendant to stop providing the distribution of information that is considered as having obstructed fair competition. However, eat-and see the site has argued that it allows for a service different from those provided by other eat-and-eat systems and that eat-and eat site is not involved in unfair competition. Eat-and eat site has been arguing from the viewpoint of providing a service with specific, detailed information on restaurants and dishes and convenience to users who want to eat out.
In past cases regarding review sites, courts ordered the defendant to stop providing the distribution of information that is considered as having obstructed fair competition. However, eat-and see the site has argued that it allows for a service different from those provided by other eat-and-eat systems and that eat-and eat site is not involved in unfair competition.
It means that if a third party online reservation system has a contract with either eat-and see company or toto, both companies cannot provide eat and see service to eat-and eat customers. eat-and eat site has claimed that eat-and eat contract with 토토사이트 is preventing eat and know the company from entering the market of third party online reservation system, while eat-and eat site said that it wanted to provide its exclusive service to eat-and eat customers.
As a response, the court issued an injunction temporarily prohibiting them from carrying out the unfair competition. Still, it allowed them to carry out services specific to each company during the process.
