Ondrej Holzman I-Apple ne-Samsung bangenela impi enkulu yobunikazi okwesibili kuleli sonto. Inkantolo inqume ukuthi kumele kubuyekezwe inani lenhlawulo eyanikezwa abakwaSamsung ngonyaka odlule. Ubenayo ekuqaleni wayekhokhela i-Apple ngaphezulu kwesigidigidi samadola aseMelika. Ekugcineni, inani lizoba ngaphansi...
Yonke ingxabano izungeza emisebenzini ebalulekile ye-iPhone kanye nezici zedizayini inkampani yaseNingizimu Korea eyikopishele. Ngesikhathi sezinkulumo zokuvula, zombili izinhlangothi zikubeke kwacaca ukuthi yimalini ezihlose ukuyizuza futhi zikhokhe ngokulandelana kwazo. I-Apple manje ifuna amarandi ayizigidi ezingu-379 ngomonakalo, kuyilapho i-Samsung izimisele kuphela ukukhokha amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-52.
"I-Apple icela imali eningi kunaleyo ekufanele," kusho ummeli wakwaSamsung uWilliam Price ngosuku lokuqala lwecala elivuselelwe. Kodwa-ke, uvumile ngesikhathi ekhuluma ukuthi inkampani yaseNingizimu Korea yephule imithetho futhi kufanele ijeziswe. Nokho, inani kufanele libe ngaphansi. Ummeli wakwa-Apple uHarold McElhinny uphendule wathi izibalo ze-Apple zisekelwe enzuzweni elahlekile yezigidi ezingu-114, inzuzo ye-Samsung engu-231 million kanye nama-royalties angu-34 million. Lokho kwengeza ku-$379 million kuphela.
U-Apple ubala ukuthi ukube abakwaSamsung bebengaqali ukunikela ngemishini ekopishe eka-Apple, ngabe ithengise amanye amadivaysi angama-360. Inkampani yaseCalifornia iphinde yaphawula ukuthi abakwaSamsung bathengise amadivaysi ayizigidi eziyi-10,7 aphula amalungelo obunikazi akwa-Apple, okuzuze u-$3,5 billion. "Empini efanelekile, leyo mali kufanele iye ku-Apple," kusho uMcElhinny.
Kodwa-ke, ukuqulwa kwecala okuvuselelwe kwenkantolo nakanjani kuphansi kunakuqala. Ijaji uLucy Koh liqale lahlawulisa i-Samsung u-$1,049 billion, kodwa lagcina lihoxise le ntwasahlobo kanye inciphise inani cishe ngesigamu sebhiliyoni. Ngokusho kwakhe, kungenzeka kube nezibalo ezingalungile zejaji, okungenzeka ukuthi azizange ziziqonde kahle izindaba zelungelo lobunikazi, futhi ngenxa yalokho kwayalelwa ukuba kuqulwe icala.
Okwamanje, akukacaci nakancane ukuthi impi phakathi kwe-Apple ne-Samsung izoqhubeka isikhathi esingakanani. Kodwa-ke, isinqumo sokuqala sakhishwa esikhathini esingaphezu konyaka futhi umzuliswano wesibili uyaqala, ngakho-ke cishe kuzothatha isikhathi eside. AbakwaSamsung bangajabula kakhudlwana okwamanje, ngoba naphezu kokwehliswa kwenhlawulo yokuqala, bekufanele ikhokhe cishe amaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-600.
