Ngokolwazi oluvela kwi-arhente yeBloomberg, siyazi ukuba amagqwetha enkampani iVirnetX umangalele uApple izolo ngoMvulo exabisa i-532 yezigidi zeedola ngokophula uluhlu lwamalungelo abenzi anxulumene nonxibelelwano olukhuselekileyo kuthungelwano.
Amagqwetha eVirnetX aye ngqo ekukhubekiseni ukusukela ngomhla wokuqala ukuhlasela iApple ngenkqubo yomthetho icwangciselwe kwiveki ezayo phambi kweNkundla yeSithili yeSithili sase-East Texas. Ngokwamazwi kaBrad Caldwell, igqwetha leVirnetX: “I-Apple ayidlalanga ngokufanelekileyo. "Bathathe ubukrelekrele beVirnetX ngaphandle kwemvume."
Esi ayisosihlandlo sokuqala ukuba le nkampani imangalele i-Apple ngenxa yezizathu zelungelo elilodwa lomenzi wechiza; ngo-2012, ijaji yaseTexas yafumanisa ukuba i-FaceTime yokuhambisa iprotocol yayisekwe kwipatent yeVPN ephethwe yiVirnetX. Oku kuthetha ukuba i-Apple iyalelwe ukuba ihlawule i-386,2 yezigidi zeedola kumonakalo kwi-VirnetX, nangona ekugqibeleni akuzange yenze oko ukususela ngoko. iNkundla yeZibheno ye-Federal wasixhasa isibheno esenziwa nguApple ngoSeptemba waloo nyaka.
Ngayiphi na imeko, i-Apple ayizange ibe Inkampani ekukuphela kwayo kwindawo yeVirnetX, ekubeni iMicrosoft nayo kwafuneka ijongane nabo ngokufikelela kwisigqibo esingaphandle kwenkundla apho yahlawula inkampani i-200 yezigidi zeedola kunye ne-23 yezigidi kwenye i-patent esetyenziswa kwi-Skype.
Ngoku kubonakala ngathi i-VirnetX ifuna ukumangalela i-Apple ngezibakala ezifanayo kwakhona nangona iingxoxo ezifanayo zingenakuphinda zinikezelwe kulingo olutsha. Abaninzi Bathetha ngesinye isivumelwano esingekho mthethweni kanye njengoko kwenzekile ngeMicrosoft kodwa okwangoku akukho nto iqinisekisiweyo. Emva kwesigwebo sokuqala seNkundla ye-Federal, i-Apple iguqule iqonga layo le-FaceTime ukukhusela ukuphulwa okungaphezulu nangona i-VirnetX iqhubeka nokubanga ukuba ukuguqulwa akwanelanga ukuba kuthathwe njengokwanelisayo.
Ulingo olutsha lubandakanya usetyenziso ngoku olunje ngeFaceTime, iMessage kunye ezinye iimpawu zenethiwekhi ezikhuselekileyo idityaniswe kwiinkqubo ezininzi zokusebenza Apple.