Mu 2012, nkhondo yomwe idawonedwa kwambiri ndi Apple inali yomwe inali ndi Samsung. Kampani yaku California idatuluka ngati yopambana, koma mchaka chomwecho idagundanso kwambiri kamodzi. Apple idayenera kulipira $ 368 miliyoni ku VirnetX ndipo, monga momwe zinakhalira, idatayanso ma patent angapo ofunikira a FaceTime.
Chigamulo cholamula Apple kulipira $ 386 miliyoni ku VirnetX chifukwa chophwanya patent idaperekedwa chaka chatha, koma mu Ogasiti uno mlanduwo udapitilirabe. Zinapezeka kuti Apple sikuti imangoyang'anizana ndi chiwopsezo cha mamiliyoni owonjezera pazolipira laisensi, komanso kuti ntchito yake ya FaceTime ikuvutika chifukwa chosowa ma patent.
Mlandu wa VirnetX vs. Apple yafunsira ma patent angapo omwe amaphimba magawo osiyanasiyana a pulogalamu yamavidiyo ya FaceTime. Ngakhale VirnetX sinapambane chiletso chonse cha FaceTime kukhothi, woweruza adavomereza kuti Apple iyenera kulipira malipiro chifukwa chophwanya patent.
Tsopano zadziwika kuti Apple yasinthanso mapangidwe a kumbuyo kwa FaceTime kuti apitilize kuphwanya ma Patent a VirnetX, koma chifukwa cha izi, ogwiritsa ntchito mwadzidzidzi adayamba kudandaula mochuluka za ntchitoyo.
Kuzengedwanso kwa khothi, komwe kumakhudzanso ndalama zachifumu ndipo kunachitika pa Ogasiti 15, sikunanenedwe ndi atolankhani aliwonse, ndipo zolemba zokhudzana ndi mlanduwu zidatsala pang'ono kusindikizidwa. Nkhani zonse zimabwera makamaka kuchokera ku VirnetX ndi osunga ma seva ArsTechnica mmodzi wa iwo anafunsidwa. Monga Investor wa VirnetX, Jeff Lease adatenga nawo gawo pamilandu yonse ya khothi ndikusunga zolemba zatsatanetsatane, kutengera zomwe titha kuwulula pang'ono mlandu wonsewo. Apple, monga VirnetX, yakana kuyankhapo pankhaniyi.
Apple imanena kuti sichiphwanya ma patent, koma imachita mosiyana
Mafoni a FaceTime adapangidwa poyambilira kudzera munjira yolumikizirana mwachindunji. Izi zikutanthauza kuti Apple idatsimikizira kuti maphwando onsewa ali ndi akaunti yovomerezeka ya FaceTime ndiyeno adawalola kuti alumikizane mwachindunji pa intaneti popanda kufunikira kwa ma seva opatsirana kapena amkhalapakati. Pafupifupi asanu mpaka khumi pa zana aliwonse amayimba omwe adadutsa pa maseva oterowo, injiniya m'modzi wa Apple adachitira umboni.
Koma kuti Apple isaphwanye ma patent a VirnetX, mafoni onse amayenera kudutsa ma seva oyimira. Izi zidagwirizana ndi maphwando onse awiri, ndipo Apple itazindikira kuti ikhoza kulipira izi, idakonzanso dongosolo lake kuti mafoni onse a FaceTime adadutsa ma seva olandila. Malinga ndi Lease, Apple idasintha njira yoyimbirayi mu Epulo, ngakhale idapitilizabe kukangana kukhothi kuti samakhulupirira kuti ikuphwanya ma patent. Ngakhale zinali choncho, adasinthira ku maseva opatsirana.
Madandaulo ndi chiwopsezo cha chindapusa chokwera
Katswiri waukadaulo wa Apple a Patrick Gates adafotokoza momwe FaceTime imagwirira ntchito kukhothi, akukana zonena kuti kusintha makina otumizira kuyenera kukhudza mtundu wa ntchitoyo. Malingana ndi iye, khalidwe la mafoni likhoza ngakhale kusintha osati kuwonongeka. Koma Apple mwina ikungosokoneza apa kuti asokoneze chidwi ndi ma Patent a VirnetX.
Malinga ndi mbiri yamakasitomala Apple idapereka oimira VirnetX kuyambira Epulo mpaka pakati pa Ogasiti, Apple idalandira mafoni opitilira theka la miliyoni kuchokera kwa ogwiritsa ntchito osakhutira akudandaula za mtundu wa FaceTime. Izi zitha kuchitika m'manja mwa VirnetX, zomwe zitha kukhala ndi nthawi yosavuta kutsimikizira kukhothi kuti ma patent ake ndi ofunikira kwambiri paukadaulo ndipo amayenera kulipira ziphaso zokwera.
Ndalama zenizeni sizinakambidwe, koma VirnetX ikufuna ndalama zoposa $ 700 miliyoni, malinga ndi Lease, yemwe akuti ndizovuta kulingalira zomwe woweruza angasankhe chifukwa ndizovuta kuwerenga.
FaceTime si nkhani yoyamba yomwe Apple idakumana nayo pokhudzana ndi ma Patent a VirnetX. M'mwezi wa Epulo, kampani ya Apple idalengeza kuti isintha zina pa ntchito yake ya VPN On Demand ya iOS chifukwa chakuphwanya patent, koma idadzisintha patatha milungu ingapo ndikusiya zonse momwe zilili. Koma sizikudziwika ngati dongosolo loyambirira la FaceTime lidzabwereranso.
Hmm. zomwe zimandikumbutsa kuti adangoletsa ma patent apulogalamu kuno ku New Zealand.
Chifukwa chake sindikanafuna kukhala ndi kampani yamapulogalamu kumeneko ;-).
M'malo mwake, ndimatero. Masiku ano, ndizosatheka kulemba pulogalamu iliyonse popanda kuphwanya patent. Mfundo yakuti ma patent ambiri ngati amenewa sakutsatiridwa kapena sakuchitikirani panthawiyi, imalembedwa mwangozi. Koma lembani mapulogalamu ena otchuka omwe amatchuka kapena kupanga ndalama zambiri, ndipo miimba ya patent idzakhamukira kwa inu.Akayesa ngakhale pang'ono, 100% adzapeza chinachake.
Kukhala ndi kampani yamapulogalamu mdziko lomwe aletsa ma patent apulogalamu kumamveka ngati kumwamba…
Zimatengera ngati mwalola kuberedwa kapena kuba ;-).
Mwinamwake pamene wina alemba chinachake ndi mwangozi mwangozi "kuyambitsa" ntchito yomwe imadziwika ndi zovomerezeka. kotero mwina sizinangochitika mwangozi ;-).
Ndizowona kuti monga wosuta ndimatha kusamala pang'ono, Komano, chifukwa chiyani anthu angapange zoyambira ndikuzigulitsa kumakampani akuluakulu ndindalama zazikulu, pomwe zonse zomwe muyenera kuchita ndikuzitengera.
Ndiye sipangakhale chifukwa choyambira chilichonse, pokhapokha mutakhala mukampani yayikulu.
izi zikuwoneka ngati ft zimalumikizana kudzera pa ma seva aapulo pokhapokha ngati sizigwira ntchito mwachindunji, mwachitsanzo kudzera mu NAT. Ngati mkanganowo ulidi maziko a mkanganowo, bzalani mafupawo.
Sindikuganiza kuti mikangano imangokhala pa ma patent omwe amadziwika bwino. Kodi alipo amene ali ndi ndemanga zovomerezeka pansi pa zolemba? :)
M'malingaliro anga, kungotengera lingaliro sikutsimikizira kupambana, zoyambira zomwe zapambana kale zimagulitsidwa, sichoncho?
Zikafika kwa munthu yemwe ali ndi setifiketi ya chinthu wamba (chinachake ngati ndemanga pansi pa nkhani, kapena rectangle ya Apple yokhala ndi chiwonetsero), ndiye vuto la "munthu wanzeru" kulola kuti liperekedwe ngati setifiketi. Komabe, nthawi yomaliza, Apple idataya mkangano pakufanana kotere. Winawake ayenera kuchita chimodzimodzi mwatsatanetsatane mwatsatanetsatane, chifukwa ndikumvetsetsa kuti ndizomveka kukhala ndi patent, chifukwa kukopera kwathunthu kungakhale kochulukirapo. - Ngakhale ndikuwonetsa fayilo pa HW, ndizofanana.
Kanthawi pang'ono ndipo tidzalumikizananso ndi kalata yapamwamba.