Tencent Music Entertainment owned 2,564 active patents and 4,295 registered trademarks at the end of 2023

China-headquartered music streaming company Tencent Music Entertainment Group has published its inaugural Environmental, Social and Governance report.

According to TME, the report highlights the company’s “commitment to sustainable practices and long-term value creation, and details the initiatives and performance in key areas such as responsible platform, employee care, and social responsibility”.

The report also includes info about TME’s efforts to protect creators’ IP on its platform and outlines how it protects its own IP, revealing interesting stats about its vast global trove of patents and trademarks.

According to the report, published on Friday (September 27), Tencent Music Entertainment had applied for 4,768 patents as of the end December 2023.

Of those applications, 2,564 of them had been granted by the China National Intellectual Property Administration and by overseas patent offices as of the end of last year,

TME had also applied for 6,111 trademarks as of the end of last year, 4,295 of which were registered with the China National Intellectual Property Administration and overseas