I-Apple ifake isikhalazo ngoLwesihlanu ifuna isisombululo senkundla ukuze iziko lelayisenisi ye-patent i-IXI Mobile ayinakumangalela inkampani yaseMelika kwakhona, ngokuphulukana ne-patent case ngo-2014. Nangona engasoloko ephumelela kwezi ntlobo zemiba. INkundla yeSithili yase-United States yeSithili esisemaNtla eKhalifoniya iya kugqiba ngetyala.
I-IXI Mobile yamangalela i-Apple ngo-2014, sityhola ukuba izixhobo ezibandakanya izakhono zobuqu ze-hotspot zophula amabango e-patent yase-US. No. 7,039,033
Ityala le-IXI leselula liqale ngo-2014
Ngo-2014, i-IXI yamangalela i-Apple kwinkundla yaseNew York, isithi ""inkqubo, isixhobo kunye nesixhobo esifundeka ngekhompyutha sokubonelela ngenethiwekhi engenazingcingo elawulwayo esebenzisa imiqondiso yerediyo yoluhlu olufutshane.", oko kukuthi, inkqubo yokufikelela kwindawo ye-Intanethi, ngumsebenzi we-IXI.
Le nkampani ikwabanga ukusetyenziswa okufanayo kunye nokwenza ipatent kwizigebenga ezinkulu zeSamsung kunye neBlackBerry.
I-IXI yeselula ayizange ifezekise injongo yayo kwaye i-Apple yafaka isicelo sokuphonononga ngo-2015 icela umngeni kumabango akhutshwe kwi-patent. Okwangoku yonke imibutho esemthethweni enxulumene nophononongo lwamalungelo awodwa omenzi wechiza iye yavumelana nenkampani yaseMelika. I-IXI ayizange inikezele kwaye iqhubekile nokulwa, ibala izibetho ezifunyenwe ngu-Apple kwiinkundla nangaphandle kwazo. Bathumela iileta ezininzi kuyo, betyhola ukunyhashwa kwamabango asele evavanyiwe.
I-Apple, inxalenye yayo, ithi isicelo senkampani yommangali akufanele sithathelwe ingqalelo ngenxa yomgaqo-siseko osemthethweni wokuba umcimbi sele ugwetyiwe. Kwakhona, inkundla yagweba ngokuchaseneyo, ixoxa ukuba into engenalungelo lomenzi wechiza ayinakugwetywa kwityala lelungelo elilodwa lomenzi wechiza. Kodwa ayizange iwathintele amabango exesha elizayo ukuba amkelwe ukuze aqhutywe.
Ngesi sizathu, ngoku i-Apple ifuna ukuba isigwebo senkundla kwisigwebo, ngendlela ecacileyo ukuba ibango alinakuphinda lisetyenziswe ngokusekelwe kwelo patent.