Eminyakeni embalwa eyedlule, kwakungu-Apple owachitha unyaka wonke egxeka noma iyiphi inkampani enikezela noma engeza imisebenzi efana naleyo esingayithola kwamanye amadivayisi abo. Njengoba iminyaka idlulile, i-tortilla iphenduliwe y I-Apple isibe isisulu sezinkampani eziningi, amanye awo aziwa ngokuthi ama-patent troll.
Izindaba zakamuva eziphathelene necala elitholwe yi-Apple, zisikhombisa ukuthi inkampani kaTim Cook igwetshwe kanjani khokha u- $ 506 million wokwephula amalungelo obunikazi ahlukahlukene egameni lePanOptis ngabasizi bejaji abavela esifundeni saseMpumalanga yeTexas. Lesi bekuyisilingo sokuqala selungelo lobunikazi ebesilibambile selokhu kwaba nobhadane lwe-COVID-19.
Leli cala ligxile kumalungelo obunikazi e-Optis Wireless amaningi, wonke okuhlobene nokusetshenziswa kobuchwepheshe be-LTE ku-Apple Watch, iPhone ne-iPad. Ngesikhathi sokuqulwa kwecala, i-Apple izame ukungaphumeleli ukufakazela ukuthi ayizange iphazamise ubuchwepheshe be-Apple patent ukuxhuma kumanethiwekhi we-LTE.
Abakwa-Optis Wireless bathi banikeze ilayisensi yokusebenzisa umhlaba wonke yokusebenzisa amalungelo abo ahlobene ne-LTE ukuhlangabezana nezibopho zawo ezifanele, ezizwakalayo nezingabandlululi. Kodwa-ke, ngaphandle kokusebenzelana ne-Apple kaninginingi, izingxoxo aziphumelelanga futhi baphoqeleka ukuthi bayise leli cala enkantolo.
Abakwa-Apple bathi bangabona ngaphakathi kwe-iPhone ukubona ukuthi amalungelo obunikazi ale nkampani abengaphulwa kanjani nganoma yisiphi isikhathi, ngaphezu kokusho ukuthi ukuhambisana kwe-iPhone, i-iPad ne-Apple Watch namanethiwekhi we-LTE, njengamanye ama-smartphone, amaphilisi kanye ama-smartwatches emakethe, kwakungekhona ubufakazi obenele bokuphulwa komthetho.
Le mpikiswano ibinganele futhi ijaji lithole ukuthi i-Apple ibingakakhombisi ukuthi izimangalo ze-Optis Wireless 'patent azivumelekile igweba i-Apple ukuthi ikhokhe u- $ 506.200.000.
