Ekugcineni, inkampani yakwaSonos izolunga ekumangaleleni iGoogle mayelana nokwephulwa kwelungelo lobunikazi njengoba kukhishwe isinqumo sejaji lase-US ITC. Kulabo abangazi ukuthi le nkinga imayelana nani, uSonos wafaka icala kuGoogle ngoJanuwari odlule 2020 lapho i-tech giant yasolwa ngokusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe bokuphathelene kumikhiqizo yakho.
Embikweni wokuqala owashicilelwa yijaji le-US International Trade Commission, wakhipha isinqumo esivuna uSonos futhi waxwayisa inkampani ukuthi akusona isinqumo sokugcina. UCharles E. Bullock, umahluleli ophethe leli cala, ubeka ukuthi iGoogle kukholakala ukuthi yephula isigaba sama-337 soMthetho Wentela wango-1930 ekuthengisweni nasekungenisweni kwemikhiqizo ephula amalungelo obunikazi ayisihlanu.
Imininingwane ngeke yaziwe ngokusemthethweni kuze kube sekupheleni konyaka kodwa konke kukhomba ukuqinisekisa lesi sinqumo sejaji, USonos angafaka ukuvinjelwa kokungenisa kuGoogle e-United States. Isikhulu Sezomthetho eSonos u-Eddie Lazarus uchaze esitatimendeni:
Lesi sinqumo siqinisekisa amandla nobubanzi bephothifoliyo yethu, okufaka ingqophamlando ethembisayo emizameni yethu yesikhathi eside yokuvikela umsebenzi wethu emisha kusuka ekuqothulweni ngabezinkampani ezinkulu zobuchwepheshe.
I-Amazon, nayo eyayiseduze kokumangalelwa yiSonos ngaleyo nyanga ngokwephulwa kwelungelo lobunikazi elifanayo okwenziwa yiGoogle, yasala eceleni izindleko eziphakeme zokubhekana nalezi zizwe ezimbili ezinkulu zamazwe amaningi zeSonos ngasikhathi sinye.
