Tencent has more than 8,000 domestic and foreign patent applications, of which invention patents account for more than 99%, and foreign patent applications account for 25% of the total applications. The cumulative number of patents granted has exceeded 1400. Among the global Internet companies, the total number of patent applications and authorizations ranks in the top three, making it the China Internet company with the largest number of patent applications and authorizations. The company pays attention to the protection of trademarks. At present, 5,000 registered trademarks have been applied, of which more than 2,000 have been successfully registered, including 400 foreign trademarks. Tencent also pays attention to copyright protection, with nearly 500 domestic copyright works, including many art works and software works.
Due to its outstanding performance in the application and protection of intellectual property rights, Tencent has won many honors in the evaluation of patent awards at national, provincial and municipal levels. Since the 10th China Patent Award, the company has won China Patent Excellence Award, 7 China Patent Excellence Awards and 1 China Patent Gold Award for four consecutive years. In addition, Tencent also won 2 provincial patent awards and 5 municipal patent awards; 3 well-known trademarks and 3 provincial famous trademarks.