IHhovisi lika Amalungelo obunikazi nezimpawu zokuthengisa zase-US. ushicilele uhlelo olusha lobunikazi kusuka ku-Apple (nge-Patent Apple) echaza imininingwane eguqukayo engasetshenziswa njengehinji yamadivayisi afana neMacBook, ngokwesibonelo.
I-Apple ichaza inqubo yezobuchwepheshe lapho imishini ekhethekile isetshenziselwa ukusika ukuvuleka kwe-laser "okuguquguqukayo" ezintweni ezilukhuni ukuvumela ukuba zigobe futhi zisebenze njenge hinge.
Ubuso obungenamthungo bungabonakala ngaphezulu kwendalo. U-Apple uthi inqubo izovumela ukunciphisa usayizi wedivayisi okuvame ukwanda ngenxa yezixazululo zendabuko ze ihinji. Cabanga nje uma umzimba we-MacBook ungafaki igebe lepulasitiki elimnyama futhi esikhundleni salokho wawuyisiqeshana esiphelele se-aluminium esingaxhuma isikrini engxenyeni engezansi ye-unibody.
Ngenkathi iMacBooks ingabonakala njengokusebenza okusobala kwalokhu kusungulwa kwe-Apple, ingasetshenziswa kunoma yiluphi uhlobo lobuchwepheshe, kufaka phakathi yonke into kusuka kuma-Smartphones kuya kumathelevishini kuya kuma-consoles womdlalo. I-patent iphinde ikhombise okokusebenza okusetshenziswe kuzintambo zamahedsethi ukuvumela ukuxhumeka okuguqukayo kwekhebuli kuhedisethi ukuvikela umonakalo nakulokho okubonakala kuyisembozo esihlakaniphile se-iPad.
Akukona okokuqala ukuthi i-Apple ichaze kabanzi ngezinhlelo zayo zokwenza izinto eziguquguqukayo ezinganciphisa usayizi wamadivayisi futhi zingalungela umkhiqizo oguquguqukayo njengewashi lesandla. Sibonile amalungelo obunikazi kwizibonisi eziguquguqukayo, amabhethri aguquguqukayo, izixhumi ze-TRS eziguquguqukayo, futhi kwabikwa futhi ngo-Ephreli ukuthi i-Apple ibifuna ukuqasha uchwepheshe wokubonisa ukuthi acwaninge izibonisi eziguquguqukayo nobunye ubuchwepheshe bokubonisa obuvelayo.
Isicelo se-patent esisichazile ekuqaleni safakwa kwikota yokuqala yonyaka wezi-2013. Ngakho-ke yini i-Apple engayethula ukuze ikwenze ufune ukusebenzisa lobu buchwepheshe?
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