Yulin da ya gabata, kamfanin Koss, ƙwararre a ƙirar na'urorin sauti, kai karar Apple don ƙetare haƙƙin mallaka. Koss yayi jayayya cewa Apple ta hanyar siyar da AirPods, AirPods Pro da Wasannin mara waya ta Dre, ya lalata kamfanin ba zai yiwu ba ta hanyar keta haƙƙin mallaka a ɓangare ko cikakke. Matsayin kamfanin da Tim Cook ya jagoranta, takunkumi kuma bi da bi ya tuhumi kamfanin Koss.
An gabatar da Koss a Kotun Gundumar Amurka a Waco, Texas, karar da aka shigar tana zargin Apple da keta wasu lambobi.
Wannan buƙatar ya ƙunshi AirPods (a cikin sifofin biyu), Beats ta kayan Dre, HomePod da Apple Watch. Hakanan an bayyana a cikin karar akwai keta haƙƙin mallaka a cikin amfani da na'urori marasa waya, don aiki a kan hanyar sadarwa mara waya.
Apple bai goyi baya ba daga wannan yanayin, (ana amfani dashi da shi ta wani bangaren). Yayi wasan kare kai da kai hari a gaban Kotu Babban Lauyan Gundumar Arewacin California Division a San José. Ya kare kansa daga zarge-zargen kamfanin Koss a cikin briefs guda biyar (ɗaya don kowane ƙarar keta haƙƙin mallaka) kuma a cikin takardu na shida, harin ya zo.
Shi kuma Apple ya gurfanar da Koss ga keta yarjejeniya ta yarjejeniyar sirri. Daidai nassoshi takaddun kwanan wata 6, Agusta, 2017, inda kamfanonin biyu ke cikin tattaunawa game da lasisi:
bangarorin sun yarda kada suyi amfani da ko ƙoƙarin amfani da kowane Sadarwa, ko wanzuwar ta, a cikin takaddama ko a cikin kowane tsarin gudanarwa ko shari'a da kowane dalili.
Apple ya tambayi Kotu que hana Koss amfani da tattaunawar da aka ɗauka a karkashin yarjejeniyar sirri a kowace kara.
