Nezuro, Apple yakarohwa nenhau dzakaipa. Rutongeso rwakajeka rwaanochengeta pamwe narwo VirnetX, imwe kambani yekuNorth America inogara muNevada uye iyo yakanyanya kuzvipira mukutorwa kwemvumo nematare nemakambani, panyaya yekuedzesera patent, yakanyora nezuro chitsauko chitsva.
Dare reEastern District yeTexas rakatonga vachipesana nekambani yeCalifornia uye rakapokana nezvikumbiro zvakaitwa naApple, saka kutongwa kuri kuenda kumberi uye hakufarire vakomana veCupertino. Iri panjodzi, muripo wakazara unosvika madhora mazana mana nemakumi matatu nemakumi manomwe nenomwe, zvine chekuita nemvumo yemitemo inobata masevhisi akadai seFaceTime
Zvisinei neizvi, kuchine kukwidzwa kwemitongo kuchiri kuitwa, pamwe nekupedzisa kwekutongwa. Zvirongwa zvakarambwa neDare reRuwa zvinotevera:
- Motion yekutongwa semutemo wekusapara.
- Mutemo wekukuvara.
- Motion yemuedzo mutsva wekukanganisa.
- Uye kukuvara kwekupedzisira.
Nekuda kweizvozvo, chikamu chekupedzisira chemutongo unobuda kuzobhadhara madhora mazana matatu nemakumi matatu nemana emamiriyoni, sekurairwa nedare redzimhosva, kuwedzera pamutero we $ 41.3 miriyoni yekutyora nemaune, pamwe nemitero yemagweta, yakakosheswa pamamiriyoni mazana mapfumbamwe emadhora.
Zvisinei, Apple yakasimbisa TechCrunch uyo anoronga kukwidza zvirevo pamafambiro. Parizvino, ma patents ese e VirnetX Vari mukati mira-ne, nekuda kwekuwedzera kukwidza. Mhosva yacho yakaenderera kubvira payakaonekwa kuti Apple nekuzvidira yakakanganisa patent portfolio muzvikumbiro zvakaita seFaceTime uye iMessage.
Chitsauko chekutanga chebhuku iri chakanyorwa pakati pa2015. Mushure mevhiki richidzidza nyaya iyi, vatongi veFederal District yekumabvazuva kweTexas vakaita sarudzo yekubvumirana pamusoro pekushandiswa kweFaceTime neMessage services, pakati pevamwe. Apple yakanzi ibhadhare $ 625 mamirioni, asi yakakwidza nyaya, ichirwiswa kechipiri zhizha rapfuura ra2016.
