Dangane da bayani daga hukumar Bloomberg, mun san cewa lauyoyin kamfanin VirnetX sun shigar da karar Apple a jiya Darajar dala miliyan 532 don keta jerin haƙƙin mallaka wanda ya danganci amintaccen sadarwa akan hanyar sadarwa.
Lauyoyin VirnetX sun tafi kai tsaye kan kai hari daga ranar farko don kai wa Apple hari shiga tsakani a tsarin doka an shirya shi a mako mai zuwa a gaban Kotun Yankin Tarayyar Gabas ta Texas. A cikin kalmomin Brad Caldwell, lauya na VirnetX: “Apple bai taka rawar gani ba. Sun ƙwace kayan ilimi na VirnetX ba tare da izini ba.
Wannan ba shine karo na farko da wannan kamfanin ya gurfanar da Apple a gaban kotu ba, tun a shekarar 2012 wani alkalin alkalai a Texas ya gano cewa yarjejeniyar shigar da FaceTime ta samo asali ne daga mallakar VPN na mallakar VirnetX. Wannan ya sa aka umarci Apple da ya biya jimillar dala miliyan 386,2 a matsayin diyya ga VirnetX duk da cewa a karshen ba lallai ne ya yi hakan ba Kotun daukaka kara ta Tarayya kiyasta roƙon da Apple ya gabatar a watan Satumba na waccan shekarar.
Duk da haka dai Apple bai kasance ba kamfani ne kawai a cikin abubuwan VirnetX, tunda Microsoft shima dole yayi mu'amala dasu ta hanyar sasantawa a wajen kotu inda ta biya kamfanin jimillar dala miliyan 200 gami da miliyan 23 don wani lasisin mallakar da aka yi amfani da shi a Skype.
Yanzu da alama VirnetX yana so ya sake zargin Apple game da wannan gaskiyar duk da cewa ba za a iya sake gabatar da hujjoji iri ɗaya a cikin sabon gwaji ba. Da yawa Suna magana game da wani shiri kamar yadda ya faru da Microsoft amma a yanzu babu wani abu da aka tabbatar. Bayan hukuncin farko da Kotun Tarayya ta yanke, Apple ya gyara dandalinsa na FaceTime don kaucewa sabbin laifuka duk da cewa VirnetX na ci gaba da da'awar cewa sauye-sauyen ba su isa a dauke su gamsarwa ba.
Sabon gwajin ya kunshi aikace-aikace kamar su FaceTime, iMessage da wasu amintattun hanyoyin sadarwa gina cikin nau'ikan tsarin aiki na Apple.