Ondrej Holzman NgoFebhuwari, icala eTexas iyaliwe I-Apple ukuthi kumele ikhokhe ngaphezu kwengxenye yesigidigidi samadola ngokwephula amalungelo obunikazi be-Smartflash. Kodwa-ke, ijaji lombuso u-Rodney Gilstrap manje uselahle u-$532,9 million etafuleni, wathi yonke le mali kuzomele ibalwe kabusha.
Icala elisha lihlelelwe uSepthemba 14, njengoba uGilstrap ethe "imiyalelo yakhe yejaji kungenzeka ukuthi 'ihlanekezele' ukuqonda kwamajaji ngomonakalo okufanele u-Apple awukhokhe."
Ekuqaleni i-Apple bekufanele ikhokhele i-Smartflash ngokwephula amalungelo obunikazi athile ku-iTunes aphethwe yinkampani yaseTexas, ahlobene nokuphathwa kwamalungelo edijithali (DRM), ukugcinwa kwedatha nokuphathwa kokufinyelela ngamasistimu okukhokha. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, i-Smartflash yinkampani engenabo noma engadali enye into ngaphandle kwamalungelo obunikazi ayisikhombisa.
Lokhu kwaphinde kwaphikiswa ngabakwa-Apple ngoFebhuwari ngesikhathi bezivikela enkantolo. Ngenkathi iSmartflash ifuna isinxephezelo esiphindwe kabili (amaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-852), umenzi we-iPhone wayefuna ukukhokha ngaphansi kwezigidi ezi-5 zamaRandi.
"I-Smartflash ayenzi mikhiqizo, ayinabasebenzi, ayidali imisebenzi, ayikho e-United States, futhi ifuna ukusebenzisa uhlelo lwethu lobunikazi ukuze izuze izinzuzo ngobuchwepheshe obusungulwe yi-Apple," kusho umkhulumeli wakwa-Apple uKristin Huguet.
Manje i-Apple inethuba lokuthi ngeke kudingeke ukuthi ikhokhe ngisho nama-dollar ayizigidi ezingu-532,9, noma kunjalo, lokhu kuzonqunywa kuphela ngokubalwa kabusha kwesinxephezelo ngoSepthemba. Kepha noma ngabe yisiphi isinqumo, umdondoshiya waseCalifornia kulindeleke ukuthi adlulise icala.
