Ngonyaka odlule i-Apple yayikhona ummangalelwa yi-'Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation ' (IMPI), lokhu kwethulwe ukuvikela iNyuvesi yaseWisconsin empahleni, kubandakanya namalungelo obunikazi.
Lelo cala lalethwa ku-Apple ngenxa yenkolelo yokuthi i-Apple isebenzisa ubuchwepheshe baseyunivesithi kuma-processor ayo. I-A7, A8 ne-A8X, ezafakwa emikhiqizweni esukela emuva ku- I-iPhone ne-iPad kusuka ngo-2013 nango-2014. Ijaji eliphethe icala elibhekene ne-Apple, selifinyelele esinqumweni esizosichaza imininingwane ngemuva kokuqhubeka nokufunda.
Ngokwesinqumo sakamuva esenziwe yiJaji Lesifunda saseMelika uWilliam Conley, ophethe leli cala, i-Apple ingakhokhiswa imali engafinyelela ezigidini ezingama- $ 862,4.
Ngokwengxenye yayo, u-Apple wayephikise ukuthi ilungelo lobunikazi i-WARF ikholelwa ukuthi i-Apple liyaphula bekungavumelekile, ngakho-ke akukwazanga ukuphulwa. Ijaji lalahla ngenye indlela, lathi ilungelo lobunikazi lisebenza ngempela. Ngokuqondene nelungelo lobunikazi okukhulunywa ngalo, elalifakwe ekuqaleni 1998 futhi ubizwa ngokuthi, "Isekethe yokuqagela idatha esekwe etafuleni yekhompyutha yokucubungula efanayo", ihlanganisa indlela yokwenza ngcono ukusebenza kahle kwama-processor.
Yize lesi kuyisinqumo esibalulekile, empeleni zikhona ezinye izigaba ezimbili kuze kukhishwe isinqumo. Manje njengoba ijaji selitholile i-Apple unecala lokwephula i-patent, isigaba esilandelayo sokuhlolwa sizogxila kulokho i-Apple okufanele ikwenze ukhokhele umonakalo odalekile. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ijaji lizoba nomsebenzi wokunquma ukuthi ngabe I-Apple yephule amalungelo obunikazi ngamabomu. Uma benquma ukuthi i-Apple ikwenzile, imali yokukhokha ingakhuphuka kancane.