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Social video platform Triller  has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against its biggest rival TikTok  and parent company ByteDance. The suit, which was filed in the U.S District Court for the Western Division of Texas, claims TikTok is infringing on Triller’s U.S Patent No. 9,691,429. The patent covers “systems and methods for creating music videos synchronized with an audio…

With more than 2 billion all-time downloads, TikTok has been the most downloaded app in the App Store for quite some time now. But with a ban in India and potential TikTok bans in both Australia and the U.S. over privacy concerns of the China-based company, the app may soon see a major decline in usage. So who are…

But they won’t just be posting content — the boys will also work behind the scenes with the app on their executive team. Richards, 18, has signed on as an investor and chief strategy officer, while Johnson and Beck will both serve as advisors and equity shareholders.

The fight will be aired on September 12th on Pay-Per-View through cable, satellite and Triller, debuting the social platform’s first-ever live event as the company acquires rights to Tyson’s return to the ring

Amid TikTok controversy, rival Triller preparing for massive expansion: Report

“When TikTok shut down, we literally woke up and 24 hours later we were like, I don’t know what it was, 40 million downloads or something out of India,” Triller co-owner and director Ryan Kavanaugh told me recently on the TechFirst podcast. “And all of a sudden we were literally the #1 app in the category.”

Move over, TikTok. Triller, a sophisticated content creating app, is on the rise. Amid conversations of TikTok being banned in the United States by President Donald Trump, it could be poised to take over the video-creating app landscape.

Triller has grown from about 13 million active monthly users in October to 55 million active monthly users and 8 million active daily users around the world, a spokesperson for the company said. India, formerly home to one of TikTok’s largest user bases, banned TikTok on June 29 amid growing tensions with China and security…

Gaming livestream platform Twitch, for example, is “expanding beyond gaming,” said Hansen, while short video app Triller is gaining attention as a direct TikTok competitor. “I don’t think anything has currently landed like TikTok has,” said Hansen, but he noted that Triller is “a contender on that path.”

If TikTok is indeed banned in the U.S., lots of apps are preparing to take its place. Pay special attention to one: Los Angeles-based Triller.