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Google announces patent agreement with Tencent amid China push

The US technology company has signed similar agreements before with Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics and Cisco Systems Inc, but the deal with Tencent is a first with a large Chinese tech firm.  

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Google announces patent agreement with Tencent amid China push
Google has agreed to a patent licensing deal with Tencent Holdings Ltd as it looks for ways to expand in China. Image source: Reuters
Updated: Fri, Jan 19, 2018
10:17 am
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Alphabet Inc`s Google has agreed to a patent licensing deal with Tencent Holdings Ltd as it looks for ways to expand in China where many of its products, such as app store, search engine and email service, are blocked by regulators.

The U.S. technology company has signed similar agreements before with Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics and Cisco Systems Inc, but the deal with Tencent is a first with a large Chinese tech firm.

Google has previously said that agreements such as these reduce the potential of litigation over patent infringement.

The agreement with the Chinese social media and gaming firm Tencent covers a broad range of products and paves the way for collaboration on technology in the future, Google said on Friday, without disclosing any financial terms of the deal.

Tencent oversees China`s top social media and payments app, WeChat, which has close to a billion users. It also oversees one of the country`s most popular app stores and hosts the country`s biggest gaming and livestream platforms.

Google did not disclose the scope of the new patent deal and Tencent did not immediately respond to questions about which products the patent agreement will cover.

"By working together on agreements such as this, tech companies can focus on building better products and services for their users," said Mike Lee, Google`s head of patents.

Over the past year, Google has indicated that it was looking to increase it presence in the restrictive Chinese market, with the launch of a local AI research lab, introduction of a version of its translation app and expansion into new cities.

The company announced this month that it had invested in Chinese livestream gaming app Chushou, which is similar to Google`s own YouTube game livestreaming services.

In December, Google CEO Sundar Pichai spoke at a conference in China hosted by the Cyberspace Administration of China, which oversees censorship in the country.
(Reporting by Cate Cadell; Editing by Himani Sarkar)
 

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