Since the first half of 2017, when the shared power bank became popular among the public, it has been subject to controversy. From market demand to profit model, all have been complained.
I thought that after the Beijing Intellectual Property Court ruled that the two patents of street power infringement were established, the shared power bank industry would once again return to its previous state of development. I did not expect a video on May 29 to intensify the conflict between the two again.
On May 29, there was an old story on Weibo: Caller Technology CEO Yuan Bingsong carried out "theft" at the VDVC mall on Jiefang West Road, Changsha, and took away the charging equipment of a competitor without anyone's permission.
On May 30, Yuan Bingsong issued an internal letter in response that it was not theft at the time, but requested the merchant to withdraw the machine and return the street electrical equipment. Yuan Bingsong also pointed out that the video was deliberately left by Street Telecom when it called the police. On May 24 this year, Jumei Youpin CEO Chen Ou used the video to try to do business with it. When the "Daily Business News" asked the street power for verification, the street power directly referred to this as a rumor.
Calls and street calls have their own words
Regarding the surveillance video circulating on the Internet, Yuan Bingsong said in an internal open letter provided to the "Daily Economic News" that the incident in the video occurred in early 2017 and was captured when he was talking about business in Changsha. "Some old colleagues know that from the launch of our first-generation equipment on the market in 2015 to the beginning of 2017, I have been the company's largest salesperson. Basically, where there are larger businesses in the country that need to be discussed, I was talking about it. At that time, we The equipment for the incoming call has been put into the merchant, so we asked the merchant to remove their equipment, move it back and study it for two days before returning it."
Yuan Bingsong said: "After the equipment was removed, we returned the street telegraph. Afterwards, the partner in Changsha told me that the street telegraph called the police, but because we had returned the equipment, there was no follow-up."
In addition to explaining his behavior in the video, Yuan Bingsong also mentioned more exciting news in the open letter. Yuan Bingsong pointed out that this surveillance video was deliberately left by Street Telecom when it called the police. On May 24, Jumei Youpin CEO Chen Ou used the video to try to do business with it. The reporter learned that Jumei Youpin announced on August 31, 2017 that it had completed the acquisition of Street Power.
"Chen Ou should get the news in advance that he is going to lose the lawsuit, so I hope that I will give him face, and whether I can negotiate with the court without a verdict, and then negotiate the terms. Chen Ou was very angry about my lack of face and threatened to use this. A video threatening me, of course, also includes some screenshots of my other speeches in the company group.” Yuan Bingsong said.
According to the details mentioned by Yuan Bingsong in the open letter, in addition to Chen Ou's attempt to contact the caller on May 24, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court ruled that the street call infringed the two patents on May 23, two days before the establishment of the call. Ou also sent the vice president of Jumei Youpin and the director of Street Telecom Jiang Lin, the vice president of Jumei Youpin Mao Ningning, and the executive vice president of Street Telecom He Shunfei in Chengdu to negotiate with Yuan Bingsong. He also invited Yuan Bingsong to Beijing for negotiations on May 25. .
However, the information about Chen Ou disclosed by Yuan Bingsong in the open letter was denied by the street power. In an interview with the "Daily Business News", the street power directly referred to this as a rumor, and said: "Chen Ou is guilty of doing this. Is there no one on the street?"
Shared power bank industry "injured"
The truth of this matter is not yet known to the outside world as neither party has released strong evidence for the time being. However, regardless of the final truth, the battle between incoming calls and street power is not a good thing for the shared power bank industry.
Regarding disputes in the industry, all shared power bank companies have maintained a relatively restrained attitude. "In fact, every company has the'black material' of its competitors, but it is generally resolved within the industry and not spread through the media. After all, there are so many players in the entire industry. There is no need to stab the news in the industry to attract. The public questioned the entire industry." An industry insider who did not want to be named said in an interview with the "Daily Business News" reporter.
The reason why the entire industry maintains a high degree of uniformity is because since the first half of 2017, the shared power bank became popular in the public eye, and it has been controversial. From market demand to profit model, all have been complained.
Even after a period of development, in terms of scale, the market size of shared power banks is still small. According to a report released by iResearch, the scale of the shared power bank market exceeded 100 million yuan in 2017, and it is estimated that the market size will only be 330 million yuan by 2020. This is why many investors are not optimistic about the shared power bank project. Xiangfeng Investment partner Zhao Nan said in an interview with the "Daily Economic News" reporter: "This is not a track that can generate particularly large income." Shen Meng, executive director of Chanson Capital, also expressed the same view. "This business can only be regarded as an extension in the subdivision field unless the scale is very large."
Regarding the impact of this incident, the above-mentioned industry insiders pointed out: “Although it can bring some attention to shared power banks, from the previous patent wars to the subsequent calls and street calls caused by video, these actions will indeed affect Sharing the power bank industry causes harm."
