I-Apple ibilokhu ilwa ne-patent troll VirnetX kusukela ngo-2010. Njengamacala obunikazi, lokhu kuvame ukuthatha iminyaka eminingi ukuletha ecaleni. Ngeshwa, kuzo zonke, inkampani ezinze eCupertino ilahlekile futhi uphoqeleke ukuthi akhokhe amakhulu ezigidi zamadola.
Icala lakamuva likaVirnetX lihlobene neFaceTime nobuchwepheshe obusebenzisayo, ubuchwepheshe obubhaliswe ngaphansi kwegama lale troll patent, icala elahlulwe yi-Apple futhi aphoqeleka ukuthi likhokhe ama-dollar ayizigidi ezingama-502,6.
U-Apple ucele ukuthi icala liphindwe, kodwa njengoba singafunda eBloomberg, inkampani kaTim Cook ngeke ibe nethuba lesibili, njengoba inkantolo yezikhalazo yase-United States isichithile isicelo sokuphinda sicubungule isinqumo esenziwe ngoNovemba odlule lapho i-Apple yatholakala inecala lokwephula amalungelo obunikazi amabili e-VirnetX.
Ngesikhathi sokuqulwa kwecala, amanye amacala amabili okwephulwa kwelungelo lobunikazi achithwa, ngenkathi amanye amabili evunyelwa, isizathu esingaphezu kwesanele I-Apple icele ukuthi iphindwe , into ngeshwa engeke yenzeke.
Imali engu- $ 502,6 million okwakudingeka ukuthi u-Apple ayikhokhe i-VirnetX yafakwa enkantolo ngesikhathi kumenyezelwa isigwebo. Okungenani u-Apple ukwazile ukuthi isinqumo senkantolo sithunyelwe enkantolo ephansi ukubona ukuthi bala kabusha umonakalo olinganisiwe.
Njengoba ngishilo, umlando wezimpi zokwahlulela phakathi kwe-Apple neVirnetX ubuyela emuva ibanga elide, yize izilingo sezihlale iminyaka eminingi. NgoJanuwari 2019, enye inkantolo iyalele u-Apple ukuthi akhokhe u- $ 440 million kuVirnetX, isigwebo u-Apple asidlulisile ngaphandle kwempumelelo.
I-Microsoft ne-Google ezinye izinkampani ezinkulu zobuchwepheshe ezithi Babhekane neVirnetX ngomphumela ofanayo. Ubuchwepheshe obukhulu budiniwe ngama-patent troll acebile ngezindleko zokuthenga izinkampani ezizovalwa ngesifiso sodwa sokwenza amalungelo abo obunikazi amangalele amakhulu kunawo wonke.
