by Xinhua writers Lyu Dong and Li Zhengwei
BEIJING Adidas Ultra Boost Laceless UK , June 1 (Xinhua) -- Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has secured 2,500 patents from Microsoft through a patent transfer and cross-licensing deal, a Xiaomi senior executive said in Beijing on Wednesday.
As part of the deal with Microsoft, the Beijing smartphone maker bought 1,500 patents from Microsoft and secured the rights to use another 1,000 through cross-licensing, according to Wang Xiang, a senior vice president of Xiaomi.
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Through the cross-licensing, Xiaomi also allowed Microsoft to use some of its patents such as multimedia, camera, phone design, operating system and video, Wang said.
Wang declined to disclose the amount Xiaomi has paid to secure these patents.
The patents will help Xiaomi steer away from potential patent dispute lawsuits, especially overseas. In 2014, Ericsson filed a lawsuit to a court in India, claiming that Xiaomi had infringed its wireless technology patents.
While China's home-grown smartphone makers are chipping away at the dominance of Apple and Samsung in China, leading players such as Xiaomi and Huawei are building up their patent warchest to take on overseas competitors in emerging and developed markets.
In a sign of Chinese smartphone makers' growing clout in the global patent battle Adidas Ultra Boost Uncaged UK , Huawei filed lawsuits last week to courts in both China and the United States against Samsung for alleged patent infringement.
According to tech consultancy Strategy Analytics, Huawei, Oppo and Xiaomi rank as the top three smartphone vendors by shipments in the first quarter this year in China. Globally, Samsung and Apple retained their top two positions in sales during the same period, but are ceding market share to Chinese rivals, according to tech consultancy Gartner.
Under the deal with Microsoft, Xiaomi will begin shipping its mobile phones pre-installed with Microsoft's Office app suite and Skype in September.
Xiaomi's co-founder Lei Jun also sits on the board of Kingsoft, which developed the WPS Office suite similar to Microsoft's. Wang said Microsoft's offering will present more options for users, especially to overseas consumers who are more familiar with the Office suite. Office will be free of charge for Xiaomi users.
According to Wang, Xiaomi applied for 3 Adidas Ultra Boost ATR Mid UK ,700 patents in China and other countries in 2015, up from 2,000 in 2014.
CARACAS, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Venezuela is set to compete in the Men's Pan-American Volleyball Cup to be held in Tijuana, Mexico from Aug. 8-17, the deputy minister of sport, Jose Alejandro Teran, said Friday.
The team will travel to Mexico City Saturday and arrive in Tijuana on Aug. 7 to take part in the ninth edition of the regional tournament, Teran said at a press conference.
Other countries competing at the event are the United States, Cuba Adidas Ultra Boost 2.0 UK , Canada, Porto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia and host Mexico.
Following the tournament, Venezuela's squad will be traveling to Qatar, where they will play against seven of the world's leading volleyball teams: Australia, Iran, England Adidas Ultra Boost 3.0 UK , Lebanon, Slovenia, Japan and host Qatar.
Brazil won last year's edition of the cup with Mexico and Argentina taking second and third place respectively.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, March 3 (Xinhua) -- Internacional coach Diego Aguirre admitted Tuesday he did not request the signing of former Manchester United midfielder Anderson.
The oft-maligned 26-year-old missed a 74th-minute penalty on his debut for the Brazilian club last month, costing his team victory against local rivals Cruzeiro.
""It wasn't me but the board that wanted him,"" Aguirre told ESPN Brasil. ""They thought Anderson was a good signing and a good business move for the future. That's why they bought him.
""There are players who are brought in because of their football and others that come as a recommendation from the board.""
Anderson joined Manchester United for 26 million British pounds in 2007.
But the Brazilian made just 105 appearances in eight years at the English club before his January move to Internacional.
Aguirre said Anderson would miss the club's home Copa Libertadores clash against Ecuador's Emelec on Wednesday with a thigh injury.
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MEXICO CITY, July 17 (Xinhua) -- Mexico climbed up two spots to No. 18 in the latest world rankings released by soccer's world governing body FIFA on Thursday.
Mexico earned a total of 930 points to rank third in the Concacaf confederation (North and Central America and the Caribbean), behind the United States, at No. 15 with 989 points, and Costa Rica Adidas Ultra Boost 4.0 Mens UK , at No. 16 after moving up 12 slots, with 986 points.
The July rankings reflect the outcome of the 2014 Brazil World Cup, which ended on Sunday, the International Federation of Associated Football said.
World Cup champion Germany ranks at No. 1 with 1,724 points, followed by runner-up Argentina with 1,606 points, and the Netherlands, which climbed 12 rungs since June, in third place with 1 Adidas Ultra Boost 4.0 Womens UK ,496 points.
2010 World Cup champion Spain, which failed to make it past the first round of this year's tournament, suffered a major setback. After occupying the No. 1 spot for four years, Spain dropped 7 places to No. 8 with 1,229 points, trailing Colombia, at No. 4 with 1,492 points, Belgium, at No. 5 with 1 www.ultraboost4uk.com ,401 points, Uruguay, at No. 6 with 1,330 points, and Brazil, which slipped 4 places to land at No. 7 with 1,241 points.
The teams that dropped the most in the FIFA ranking were England, which went from No. 10 to No. 20, and Italy, which went from No. 9 to No. 14.
JINAN Cheap Adidas Ultra Boost 4.0 UK , Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Super League side Shandong Luneng was saddened with the sudden death of former coach Slobodan Santrac, said the club here on Sunday.
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