Kupfuura rinopfuura vhiki rapfuura takakuzivisa nezve kudiwa kwakagamuchirwa naApple mairi akamupomera mhosva yekutyora akateedzana patent yekambani yeVirnetX, izvo zvinofungidzirwa kuti izvo zvinoshandiswa kune iyo FaceTime yekufona sevhisi mukuwedzera kune iyo Messages application. Mhosva iyi yatora nguva yakareba, kubvira yekutanga kuiswa nekambani ichipesana neApple kubva muna 2012, iyo yakazopedzisira yadzingwa nemutongi, ichipikisa kuti humbowo hwakanga husipo, hwaakakumbira mumhan'ari kuti aunganidze humwe humbowo uye aendesere kumatare edzimhosva zvakare. .
Vakomana veVirnetX vakaunganazve rumwe ruzivo nezve kutyorwa kwepatent iyi ndokudzokera kudare kunopomera Apple, asi nguva ino, mari yakanga yakwira kusvika pamamirioni mazana matatu emadhora, vachikumbira mamiriyoni mazana mashanu nemakumi maviri nemaviri emadhora (kubva pamakumi maviri nematanhatu avakakumbira mugore ra532) yekushandisa patent pasina kupinda mubhokisi. Pakupedzisira vatongi vawana mumhan'ari chaiko asi pachinzvimbo chekutsvaga Apple vaine mhosva nekuvamanikidza kubhadhara mamirioni mazana mashanu nemakumi mashanu nemaviri emadhora, vatongi vakaita kuverenga kwayo uye pakupedzisira Apple ichafanirwa kubhadhara 625 mamirioni, angangoita mamirioni zana kupfuura izvo zvakakumbirwa nemumhan'ari.
Apple inoti ichakwidza sarudzo yemutongi. Magweta ekambani yeCupertino-based vanoti izvozvo vanoshamisika uye vanoodzwa moyo nedare redare redzimhosva, kunyanya kana maererano neruzivo rwako, ma patents anotaurwa mumatare aya akange anzi haashande, zvisinei nekuti VirnetX yakagadzira iyo tekinoroji mumakore achangopfuura, asi chakakosha pano patents.
Zvinoenderana nekambani yemutemo yeVirnetX, mutongo uyu unotsigira izvozvo Apple yanga ichishandisa tekinoroji iyo yaive yakagadziriswa uye yakapihwa pateni neVirnetX yenguva yese yavave vachishandisa.
Zvakanaka, ndeipi tsvimbo yeApple uye yakaipa sei Facetime.