Ondrej Holzman Mu February, mlandu ku Texas analamula Apple kuti ikuyenera kulipira madola opitilira theka la biliyoni pakuphwanya ma patent a Smartflash. Komabe, woweruza wa federal Rodney Gilstrap tsopano waponya $532,9 miliyoni patebulo, ponena kuti ndalama zonsezo ziyenera kuwerengedwanso.
Mlandu watsopano udakonzedweratu pa Seputembara 14, monga Gilstrap adati "malangizo ake a jury mwina 'asokoneza' kumvetsetsa kwa oweruza pazowonongeka zomwe Apple iyenera kulipira."
Apple poyambirira idayenera kulipira Smartflash chifukwa chophwanya ma patent ena mu iTunes yomwe ili ndi kampani yaku Texas, yokhudzana ndi kasamalidwe ka ufulu wa digito (DRM), kusungidwa kwa data ndi kasamalidwe ka mwayi kudzera munjira zolipira. Nthawi yomweyo, Smartflash ndi kampani yomwe ilibe kapena kupanga china chilichonse kupatula ma patent asanu ndi awiri.
Izi zidatsutsidwanso ndi Apple mu February pomwe idadziteteza kukhothi. Pomwe Smartflash idafuna kubweza kuwirikiza kawiri ($852 miliyoni), wopanga iPhone adafuna kulipira ndalama zosakwana $5 miliyoni.
"Smartflash sipanga zinthu, ilibe antchito, imapanga ntchito, palibe ku United States, ndipo ikufuna kugwiritsa ntchito makina athu a patent kuti tipeze mphotho paukadaulo wopangidwa ndi Apple," adatero Mneneri wa Apple Kristin Huguet.
Tsopano Apple ili ndi mwayi woti sichiyenera kulipira ngakhale madola 532,9 miliyoni, komabe, izi zidzagamulidwa kokha ndi kuwerengeranso malipiro mu September. Koma kaya chigamulocho chikaperekedwa, chimphona cha ku California chikuyembekezeka kuchita apilo.
