Google and China's Tencent in patent cross-licensing deal

Nicholas Fearn
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Google plans to go back into China after renouncing 'Do no evil' motto?

Internet giant Google has inked a patent cross-licensing deal with its Chinese equivalent Tencent as the company considers a return to China - from where it retreated in 2009 following a crackdown ...

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