Tencent and Google, two of the biggest global tech titans, are to cross-license patents on a broad range of products and technologies and said they are “open” to deeper collaboration on future innovations.

全球最大的两家科技巨头腾讯(Tencent)和谷歌(Google)将在广泛的产品和技术上进行专利交叉授权，并表示，它们对于在未来创新中开展更深入协作“持开放态度”。

While the US group has signed similar deals in the past, including with Samsung and LG of Korea, this is its first in China, a country where its search engine has been blocked since 2010. For now the deal means neither party will sue the other for infringing patents – a factor the duo said would speed up development by removing legal barriers – and gives each freedom to access the other’s patent portfolio.

尽管这家美国集团过去曾与韩国的三星(Samsung)和LG电子(LG)等公司签署过类似协议，但在中国这么做尚属首次。自2010年以来，该公司的搜索引擎在中国一直处于被屏蔽状态。目前，这一协议意味着双方都不会起诉对方侵犯专利权。这两家公司表示，这一因素将通过消除法律障碍加速发展，并让对方自由使用自己的专利组合。

Chinese companies are increasingly dominating the patent league tables, although some of the patents registered contain only minimal tweaks from existing ones. Along with Alibaba, Tencent, the tech conglomerate founded by Pony Ma, dominates the internet market in China with a range of services spanning gaming, social media and shopping.

中国公司正越来越多地在专利排行榜上占据主导地位，尽管有些注册专利仅仅对现有专利进行了最细微的调整。马化腾(Pony Ma)创立的科技集团腾讯与阿里巴巴(Alibaba)共同主宰着中国的互联网市场，其服务范围涵盖游戏、社交媒体和购物等。

“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.

谷歌专利主管Mike Lee表示:“达成此类协议，科技公司就能够专注于为用户打造更好的产品和服务。”