Ondrej Holzman Apple yagwirizana ndi Ericsson pakupatsirana kwa nthawi yayitali kwa ma patent okhudzana ndi matekinoloje a LTE ndi GSM omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi opanga iPhone. Chifukwa cha izi, chimphona cha telecommunication ku Sweden chidzalandira gawo lazopeza zake kuchokera ku iPhones ndi iPads.
Ngakhale Ericsson sanalengeze kuchuluka kwa zomwe adzasonkhanitse panthawi ya mgwirizano wazaka zisanu ndi ziwiri, komabe, akuyerekezeredwa za 0,5 peresenti ya ndalama zochokera ku iPhones ndi iPads. Mgwirizano waposachedwa umathetsa mkangano womwe wakhalapo pakati pa Apple ndi Ericsson, womwe wakhalapo kwa zaka zingapo.
Mgwirizano wa layisensi umakhudza madera angapo. Kwa Apple, ma patent okhudzana ndi ukadaulo wa LTE (komanso GSM kapena UMTS) omwe ali ndi Ericsson ndi ofunikira, koma nthawi yomweyo makampani awiriwa agwirizana pakukula kwa netiweki ya 5G komanso mgwirizano wopitilira munkhani zama network.
Mgwirizano wazaka zisanu ndi ziwiri umathetsa mikangano yonse m'makhothi onse a US ndi European, komanso US International Trade Commission (ITC), ndikuthetsa mkangano womwe unayamba mu Januware uno pomwe mgwirizano wam'mbuyomu mu 2008 udatha.
Pambuyo pa kutha kwa mgwirizano wapachiyambi, Apple adaganiza zotsutsa Ericsson mu Januwale chaka chino, ponena kuti malipiro ake alayisensi anali okwera kwambiri. Komabe, patangotha maola ochepa, aku Sweden adapereka chigamulo ndipo amafuna $ 250 mpaka 750 miliyoni pachaka kuchokera ku Apple chifukwa chogwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo wake wopanda zingwe. Kampani yaku California idakana kutsatira, kotero Ericsson adasumiranso mu February.
Pamlandu wachiwiri, Apple adaimbidwa mlandu wophwanya ma patent 41 okhudzana ndi ukadaulo wopanda zingwe zomwe ndizofunikira pakugwira ntchito kwa ma iPhones ndi iPads. Nthawi yomweyo, Ericsson anayesa kuletsa kugulitsa zinthu izi, zomwe ITC idaganiza zofufuza, ndipo pambuyo pake idakulitsanso mlanduwo ku Europe.
Pamapeto pake, Apple adaganiza kuti zingakhale bwino kukambirananso ndi wogulitsa wamkulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi wa zida zam'manja zam'manja, monga adachitira mu 2008, akukonda kugwirizana ndi Ericsson kuti apange netiweki ya m'badwo wachisanu.
