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I-Apple kufanele ibhale kabusha isaziso phakathi namahora angu-24 yazisa amakhasimende ayo ukuthi i-Samsung ayizange ikopishe umklamo wemikhiqizo yayo. Amajaji aseBrithani awazange athande inguqulo yokuqala, okuyinto, ngokusho kwabo, edukisayo futhi ayanele.

Konke kwaqala maphakathi no-Okthoba, lapho inkantolo yaseBrithani iqinisekisa isinqumo sangaphambili kanye ne-Apple iyaliwe, ukuthi kumele ixolise ku-Samsung kuwebhusayithi yayo kanye nasemaphephandabeni akhethiwe, isho ukuthi inkampani yaseKorea ayizange ikopishe umklamo onelungelo lobunikazi we-iPad. I-Apple ngesonto eledlule wenza, kodwa abakwaSamsung bakhononda ngamagama alo myalezo futhi inkantolo yakuvuma lokho.

Ngakho-ke amajaji aseBrithani ayalele i-Apple ukuthi ihoxise isitatimende samanje kungakapheli amahora angama-24 bese ishicilela esisha. Ummeli wenkampani, uMichael Beloff, uzame ukuchaza ukuthi inkampani yaseCalifornia icabanga ukuthi yonke into ihambisana nomthethonqubo, futhi yacela ukunwetshwa kwesikhathi lapho u-Apple kufanele athumele umbhalo olungisiwe ezinsukwini ezingu-14, kodwa wakhubeka. "Simangele ukuthi awukwazi ukuthumela esisha ngokushesha nje ususa isitatimende esidala," UNkosi Justice Longmore wamphendula. Elinye ijaji, uSir Robin Jacob, laziveza ngendlela efanayo: “Ngingathanda ukubona inhloko yakwa-Apple ifakaza ngaphansi kwesifungo sokuthi kungani lokhu kuyinselele kangaka ku-Apple. Abakwazi ukufaka okuthile engosini yabo?'

Ngaso leso sikhathi, i-Apple iyalwe ukuthi idonsele ukunaka esitatimendeni esichitshiyelwe emishweni emithathu ekhasini layo eliyinhloko futhi ibhekisele embhalweni omusha kanye nabo. Kowokuqala, abakwaSamsung abakuthandanga ukubhekisela kuka-Apple ezinqumweni zenkantolo yaseJalimane neyaseMelika ezavuna umenzi we-iPad, ngakho konke "ukuxolisa" kwakungalungile futhi kudukisa.

U-Apple wenqabile ukuphawula ngaso sonke isimo. Nokho ummeli wale nkampani, uMnuz Michael Beloff, usivikele isitatimende sokuqala, wathi siyahambisana nomthetho. “Akufanele asijezise. Akafuni ukwenza ama-sycophants ngathi. Inhloso nje wukulungisa irekhodi,” utshele amajaji, ahambisana neSamsung, ngakho-ke singalindela ukuxolisa okubuyekeziwe ku-Apple.

Umthombo: BBC.co.uk, Bloomberg.com
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