Beijing time November 1 morning news, Xiaomi has become a number of shared electric scooter services in the United States rely on the manufacturers, such as Uber, Lyft, spin and bird. And Xiaomi has officially sent a letter of prohibition to Lyft.
In the letter, Xiaomi said he did not agree to associate its brand with Lyft.
Xiaomi claims Lyft cited Xiaomi's brand in ads about sharing the electric scooter business, as well as in documents. We cannot tolerate Lyft modifying or retrofitting our electric scooter without authorization and providing it to the public for use.
' Xiaomi wrote in the letter. If Lyft does not stop using, buy and retrofit its scooter, then Xiaomi will resort to law.
Xiaomi also asked Lyft to stop running ' scooters ' that have been modified without Xiaomi's permission in the scooter rental business.
But Lyft says it has no knowledge of the trademark that uses Xiaomi in advertising. When we advertised our scooter, we had no intention of using the trademarks of other companies or the circumstances that would have happened with existing suppliers. ' We will address these issues directly with them, ' a Lyft spokesman said in the statement. To meet local regulatory requirements, we have made safety modifications, such as reducing the speed of scooters.
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Lyft is currently operating its shared electric scooter service in California State Santa Monica, Washington, D.C., and Colorado State Denver. ' Without Xiaomi's knowledge, involvement or approval, Lyft modifies Xiaomi's native scooter, which will no doubt put Xiaomi at legal risk associated with consumer safety and product liability.
' The letter read this. But, as mentioned above, Lyft is not the only company to use a Xiaomi scooter. Uber, spin and bird also used Xiaomi's scooter. But Bird has reached some kind of cooperation agreement with Xiaomi. In May, Bird said it had an exclusive agreement with Xiaomi, and Xiaomi would provide scooters for its shared services in the United States.
But there was also a scooter executive who said in an interview that their company had also signed a contract with Xiaomi.