Ijaji elididiyelwe liphethe ngoLwesihlanu olwedlule ukuthi uhlelo lokusebenza / ukusebenza kwe-Apple okuvumela izingcingo nezingcingo zevidiyo phakathi kwabasebenzisi benkampani kanye namadivayisi weselula nawamadeskithophu, kwephula amalungelo obunikazi aphethwe yinkampani iVirnetX. Ngokwalesi sizathu, inkampani yaseCupertino kufanele ivikele le nkampani ngemali engama-dollar ayizigidi ezingama-302kungenxa yomonakalo odalekile.
Ngokwe-ejensi yezindaba iReuters, iJaji uRobert Schroeder, obengamele leli cala eNkantolo yesiFunda yaseFederal yaseTyler, eTexas, ubephethe ukukhipha lesi sigwebo, nokho, esisuselwa enkantolo eqale phakathi kwalezi zinkampani zombili emuva ku-2010.
I-Apple ihlulwa empini yokulwa neVirnetX, futhi
Impi yezomthetho phakathi kwezinkampani i-Apple neVirnetX ihlehlela emuva ku-2010, lapho i-Apple nezinye izinkampani zisolwa ngokwephula amalungelo obunikazi ayisihlanu ahlobene namanethiwekhi angasese noma ama-VPN.
Ngonyaka olandelayo, ngo-2011, i-VirnetX yanciphisa izinhloso zayo enkantolo ngokunciphisa inkokhelo ekuphulweni kwelungelo elilodwa lobunikazi ku-VPN yi-iPhone 4S, idivayisi ka-Apple eyakhishwa ngalowo nyaka.
Ngo-2012 abakwa-Apple bagwetshwe ukuthi bakhokhe u- $ 368 million lapho ijaji lithola inkampani inecala lokwephula umthetho ithe i-VirnetX patent kodwa, isinqumo sachithwa eminyakeni embalwa kamuva, ngo-2014, yiNkantolo Yokudlulisa Amacala Yase-United States ngemuva kokuthi le nkantolo ibheke ukuthi lesi sinqumo "besingcolisiwe" kususelwa emiyalweni eyiphutha eyatholwa yijaji lecala.
Ngakho, ngoFebhuwari wangonyaka odlule okusha icala elihlanganisa izimangalo ezimbili ze-patent yi-VirnetX ephikisana ne-Apple, okwakungu ugwetshwe ngokukhokha izigidi ezingama-625,6 zamaRandi. Kepha umlando wawusuzophinda.
Injabulo yeVirnetX ayihlalanga isikhathi eside. Cishe ezinyangeni ezimbili ezedlule, iJaji Lesifunda uRobert Schroeder waseTyler, eTexas, ichazwa njenge "engenabulungiswa" ukuthi amacala amabili eVirnetX afakiwe kwinqubo efanayo. Ngokusho kwemantshi, ijaji laliphinde futhi lalingase "lithonywe" noma "lingcoliswe" ngoba ngesikhathi sokuqulwa kwecala kwakukhona ukubhekisisa okuphindaphindiwe ngamacala angaphambilini angadala ukudideka enkantolo, okuholele ekutheni kuqulwe icala ngokungafanele. Ngaphansi kwalezi zingxabano, ijaji lasichitha isigwebo sangaphambilini futhi lathola ukuthi kufanele kubanjwe izinqubo ezimbili ezintsha zokwahlulela.
Kusuka kuVirnetX, isikhulu esiphezulu senkampani uKendall Larsen, uzwakalise ukudumala kwenkampani ngesinqumo sikaSchroeder, kepha bahambisana nalokho okwenzekile futhi baveza ukuthi inkampani ibivele ilungiselela impi elandelayo:
"Sidumele," kusho isikhulu se-VirnetX uKendall Larsen esitatimendeni ngoMsombuluko. "Sibuyekeza konke esingakukhetha futhi sizolandela ukuqondiswa yinkantolo njengoba siqala ukulungiselela lezi zivivinyo ezintsha."
Umphumela wesinqumo seJaji uRobert Schroeder (ukubanjwa kwamacala amabili amasha), uphelile, ngokwengxenye, ngalesi sinqumo I-Apple kuzofanele inxephezele iVirnetX ngenani lama-dollar ayizigidi ezingama-302,4. Kepha le ndaba ayikafiki emaphethelweni njengoba kusenecala lesibili, nelokwephulwa kwelungelo lobunikazi elihlobene nokusetshenziswa kwe-IP, okungaholela ekuthathweni okusha kwe-Apple.
Ukunqoba ngemuva kokunqoba
Lokhu kunqoba kweVirnetX kungeza kokunye vele intambo ende yokunqoba ngokumelene ne-Apple (yize zonke zikhanseliwe, njengoba sesibonile) kanye nezinye izinkampani emkhakheni wezobuchwepheshe.
Ngo-2010, inkampani yaxazulula ngaphandle kwenkantolo impikiswano yokwephulwa kwelungelo lobunikazi eyayiyifake kuMicrosoft. Kulokhu, inkampani eyasungulwa nguBill Gates yavuma ukukhokhwa kwezigidi ezingama-200 zamaRandi.
Futhi ngo-2014, iVirnetX ikwazile ukugcina ilungelo lobunikazi bayo esimweni esiphikisana nensizakalo yemiyalezo esheshayo (manje futhi esezandleni zeMicrosoft) Skype, eyathola kuyo amanye amadola ayizigidi ezingama-23 kuyo.
