I-Qualcomm kumele ikhokhele i-Apple cishe isigidigidi samadola

Ijaji lombuso likhiphe umyalelo wokuqala wokuyalela i-Qualcomm ukuthi ikhokhele i-Apple cishe u-$1 billion ezinkokhelweni zelungelo lobunikazi, ngokusho kwemibiko yakamuva ye-Reuters. Umyalelo ukhishwe iJaji u-Gonzalo Curiel weNkantolo Yesifunda yase-US yaseNingizimu California.

Ngokusho kweReuters, izimboni zenkontileka ezenza ama-iPhones akhokhele i-Qualcomm izigidigidi zamaRandi ngonyaka ukusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe bobunikazi obuhilelekile. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kube nesivumelwano esikhethekile phakathi kwe-Qualcomm ne-Apple lapho i-Qualcomm iqinisekisa i-Apple isaphulelo ezindlekweni ze-iPhone patent uma i-Apple ingahlaselanga i-Qualcomm enkantolo.

U-Apple wafaka icala ngokumelene neQualcomm eminyakeni emibili edlule, ethi umenzi weprosesa wephule isivumelwano ngokuhluleka ukugcina isithembiso sokwehlisa lezo zimali zelungelo lobunikazi. I-Qualcomm iphendule ngokuthi inciphisa izaphulelo ngoba i-Apple ikhuthaze abanye abenzi be-smartphone ukuthi bakhononde kubalawuli futhi bafake izitatimende "ezingamanga nezidukisayo" neKhomishini Yezohwebo Ezinhle YaseKorea.

IJaji uCuriel licheme ne-Apple ecaleni labe seliyalela iQualcomm ukuthi ikhokhele i-Apple umehluko wezimali. Inkampani yaseCupertino esitatimendeni ithe imikhuba yebhizinisi engekho emthethweni yeQualcomm ayilimazi yona kuphela kodwa nayo yonke imboni.

Ngaphezu kwesinqumo seJaji uCuriel kuleli sonto, i-Qualcomm v. Apple eziningi ezingakaxazululwa. Isinqumo sokugcina ngeke senziwe kuze kube yinyanga ezayo. Izimboni zezinkontileka ze-Apple, ebezivame ukukhokhela i-Qulacom ngamalungelo obunikazi ahlobene ne-iPhone, sezivele zigodle imali ecishe ibe yizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-1 zamaRandi. Lezi zimali ezibambezelekile sezivele zifakwe ekuvaleni kwezezimali kwe-Qualcomm.

"I-Apple isivele iyixazulule inkokhelo eyingxabano ngaphansi kwesivumelwano sobukhosi," UDonald Rosenberg weQualcomm utshele abeReuters.

Ngaleso sikhathi, ingxabano ehlukile yokwephulwa kwelungelo lobunikazi phakathi kwe-Qualcomm ne-Apple iyaqhubeka eSan Diego. Asikho isinqumo esesithathiwe kule ngxabano.

Umthombo: 9 ku5Mac

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