Apple ikuyitanitsa European Union kuti ithane ndi ma patent troll

Apple yapempha bungwe la European Union kuti lichitepo kanthu polimbana ndi ma patent troll. Idachita izi limodzi ndi makampani ena aukadaulo komanso opanga magalimoto. Malingana ndi makampaniwa, chiwerengero cha mabungwe omwe amayesa kugwiritsa ntchito molakwika dongosolo lonse la patent kuti adzipindulitse ndipo motero amalepheretsa opanga kupanga zatsopano akuwonjezeka.

Mgwirizano wa makampani makumi atatu ndi asanu ndi magulu anayi a mafakitale, kuphatikizapo, kuwonjezera pa Apple, komanso Microsoft ndi BMW, yomwe inalembedwa m'kalata yopita kwa Thierry Breton, Commissioner wa EU, ndi pempho lopanga malamulo atsopano omwe angapange. zovuta kwambiri kuti ma patent trolls agwiritse ntchito molakwika dongosolo lomwe lilipo. Gululi likufuna makamaka, mwachitsanzo, kuchepetsa kukhwima kwa zigamulo za makhothi - m'maiko ambiri, ma patent troll apangitsa kuti zinthu zina ziletsedwe, ngakhale patent imodzi yokha ndiyomwe yaphwanyidwa.

Mabizinesi nthawi zambiri amalembetsa ma patent kuti aletse mabizinesi ena kupindula ndi malingaliro ndi malingaliro atsopano omwe apanga. Ma Patent troll nthawi zambiri sakhala opanga zinthu - njira yawo yopezera ndalama imachokera pakupeza ma patent ndikusumira makampani ena omwe angawaphwanye. Mwanjira iyi, ma troll awa amapeza pafupifupi ndalama zina. Chiwopsezo choletsa malonda awo ku European Union chifukwa cha kuphwanya chiphaso chimodzi chimakhala chokhazikika pamakampani, ndipo nthawi zambiri zimakhala zophweka kwa iwo kutengera kapena kugwirizana ndi chipani chotsutsa m'malo mwake.

Mwachitsanzo, Apple yakhala ikukangana kwanthawi yayitali ndi Straight Path IP Group yokhudzana ndi ma patent anayi okhudzana ndi msonkhano wamakanema komanso kulumikizana pakati pa zida. Apple, pamodzi ndi Intel, adaperekanso mlandu wotsutsana ndi Fortress Investment Group, ponena kuti milandu yawo yobwerezabwereza ikuphwanya malamulo a US antitrust.

Ku Europe, Apple idayenera kuyang'anizana ndi kuletsa kugulitsa ma iPhones ake ena ku Germany kumapeto kwa 2018, chifukwa chakuphwanya patent ya Qualcomm. Panthawiyo, khothi la ku Germany linanena kuti uku kunali kuphwanya patent, ndipo mitundu ina yakale ya iPhone idasiyidwa m'masitolo osankhidwa aku Germany.

Milandu ya patent trolls yomwe ikuyesera kusokoneza bizinesi ya makampani ena akuti imapezeka kwambiri ku Ulaya kusiyana ndi madera ena, ndipo chiwerengero cha milandu yotereyi chikuwonjezeka chaka chilichonse. Malinga ndi lipoti lina lochokera ku Darts-IP, avareji ya milandu kuchokera ku ma patent troll idakwera ndi 2007% pachaka pakati pa 2017 ndi 20.

Chitsime: Apple Insider