Patent trolls ave akaipa kumakambani eetekinoroji, chakaipa icho parizvino chinoratidzika kunge chiri kure nekutsakatika kunyangwe kufamba kuri kuitwa nemakambani kudzivirira makambani aya kubva vanozvipira kuti vabudise mari mauri vasina kushandisa dhora rimwe paR & D.
Rudzi urwu rwekambani, yakatsaurirwa kutenga makambani akambonyora patents, kuti ubatise pava paya uye upe makambani makuru anovashandisa. Microsoft neApple mamwe emakambani makuru akanganiswa nemhando dzekambani idzi, asi kana iri Apple, zvinoita sekunge nyaya yacho inodzokororwa zvakare nekambani imwechete: VirnetX.
Muna 2010, VirnetX akapomera Apple kushandisa tekinoroji iyo iyo kambani ine zita rayo rakanyoreswa muFaceTime, Meseji uye muVPN sevhisi. Mushure memakore akati wandei ekurwa mumatare, iyi patent troll yakatora mamirioni mazana matatu ane makumi mapfumbamwe nemapfumbamwe kubva kukambani yeCupertino-yakavakirwa pamusoro pezvavakazokumbira. Mhosva yazvino yeVirnetX inopesana neApple inopfuura chiyero icho chaimbotora kubva kuApple. VirnetX yakwanisa kuhwina mhosva nyowani yakanangana neApple umo mutongi akarayira kubhadharwa kwemakumi mashanu emamiriyoni emadhora, mumutongo wakasiyana neuyo wakatarisana nemakambani maviri kubva 439.
Iyi mari nyowani inoita kunge ndeya Shanduro nyowani dzemidziyo Apple yakaburitsa kubva pakatanga mhosva yekutanga muna 2010 uchishandisa protocol yekutaurirana muFaceTime uye mukushandisa kweMessage, protocol yakagadzirwazve nekuburitswa kweIOS 7. Apple yakatotaura kuti ichakwidza mutongo. Kana mutongo wekuedzwa uku kutsva uko kunokanganisa VirnetX kupokana neApple ukazosimbiswa, iko kuseka kwacho kunogona kudhura mari yaApple ingangoita madhora bhiriyoni, pasina kambani kushandisa dhora rimwe paR & D. A 1.000% inobatsira bhizinesi.
