Inkampani yeCupertino ibone ukuba isisombululo kwi-patent "isilayidi sokuvula" sasonjululwa njani ngoku. I-Samsung kuya kufuneka ihlawule malunga ne-120 yezigidi zeedola kubafana baseCupertino. Inani elibalulekileyo elibonakala lingenalo olunye ukhetho lokubuyisela kwicala le-Samsung kwaye ekugqibeleni kuya kufuneka lihlawule.
Inkampani yaseMzantsi Korea yaqhubeka yongeza izixhobo de yagqiba iindlela ezisemthethweni zesimangalo esibekwe yi-Apple kwi-2014 kwaye iNkundla ePhakamileyo yase-United States iye yakhaba nganye nganye de ifikelele. isigqibo sokugqibela malunga nemali ekufuneka i-Samsung ihlawule kwi-Apple.
Ngokumalunga nala malungelo awodwa omenzi wechiza abhaliswa ngu-Apple (nendlela esingakhange siyibone nayiphi na ibalulekileyo ixesha elide) bakwizihlandlo ezininzi zokufumana ingeniso yemali kwaye hayi kakhulu ekuphumezeni itekhnoloji enelungelo elilodwa lomenzi kwizixhobo zefemu. Nangona kule meko i-patent yayiphunyezwa kwii-iPhones kunye nezinye izixhobo ze-iOS, ezifana ne-iPads okanye i-iPod Touches. Ukusetyenziswa kwala malungelo awodwa omenzi wechiza ngaphandle kwentlawulo yangaphambili yinto eyenziwa ziinkampani ezininzi kwaye kule meko iApple iyaphumelela I-Samsung kuya kufuneka ihlawule ngokusebenzisa ifomati "isilayidi sokuvula" kwizixhobo zayo.
Kuyinyani ukuba iimfazwe ezisemthethweni phakathi kwe-Apple kunye ne-Samsung ziye zaphola ngokuhamba kwexesha, kodwa kuyinyani ukuba i-Apple iyaqhubeka nokuba neendawo ezininzi ezivulekileyo malunga namatyala kwaye elona tyala likufutshane abanalo ngoku yiQualcomm. Kuyo nayiphi na imeko, into ebalulekileyo kukuba esi sigqibo siqinisekisa ukuba Ukungaphumeleli ukuhlawula imirhumo yelungelo elilodwa lomenzi wechiza kunokuba neziphumo ezibi kwaye eli nani libalulekile kuyo nayiphi na inkampani, nokuba yi-Samsung enkulu.