Ondrej Holzman Yunivesite ya Wisconsin, kapena mkono wake wa patent, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), yapambana pamlandu woimba Apple chifukwa chophwanya patent yake. Ukadaulo wa Microprocessor ukukhudzidwa, ndipo Apple iyenera kulipira chindapusa cha $ 234 miliyoni (korona mabiliyoni 5,6).
WARF iye anasumira Apple kumayambiriro kwa chaka chatha. Kampani yaku California idanenedwa kuti ikuphwanya patent yake ya 7 microarchitecture mu tchipisi ta A8, A8 ndi A1998X, ndipo WARF inali kufunafuna $400 miliyoni pakuwonongeka.
Oweruza tsopano aganiza kuti kuphwanya patent kunachitikadi, koma alipira Apple $ 234 miliyoni yokha. Pa nthawi yomweyi, malinga ndi zikalata za khoti, ikhoza kukula mpaka madola 862 miliyoni. Chindapusacho chimakhalanso chochepa chifukwa, malinga ndi woweruza, kuphwanya sikunali mwadala.
"Chisankhochi ndi nkhani yabwino," adatero REUTERS Wotsogolera WARF Carl Gulbrandsen. Kwa Apple, ngakhale zili choncho, 234 miliyoni ndi imodzi mwazachiwongola dzanja zazikulu pamakambidwe a patent.
Apple idaphwanya patent ya WARF mu iPhone 5S, 6 ndi 6 Plus, iPad Air ndi iPad mini 2, pomwe tchipisi ta A7, A8 kapena A8X zidawonekera. Wopanga iPhone adakana kuyankhapo pa chigamulo cha khothi, koma adati akufuna kuchita apilo.
Ndiye WAFR kapena WARF??