Ant Unveils Blockchain Product as Group Approved for World’s Biggest IPO
As Jack Ma's Ant Group gets Hong Kong approval for its $30 billion IPO, it's rolled out a blockchain platform aimed to protect users' copyright.
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Ant Group remains the world’s biggest blockchain patentee, while IBM is considered to be the most cited developer of patents in the industry. Chinese holding conglomerate Ping An Group filed the largest number of blockchain-related patents in 2020, according to a new report.Intellectual property-focused magazine Intellectual Asset Management has released a report on the rankings of the world’s foremost blockchain patentees. Based on data from the Derwent World Patents Index, the rankings show that Ping An filed 1,215 blockchain patent families last year, more than Tencent and Ant Group....