Nangona singenakuze sitsho ukuba iqinisekile, kubonakala ngathi esinye sezahluko ebalini esichazwe yimfazwe yelungelo elilodwa lomenzi phakathi kwe-Apple kunye Samsung ifikelela esiphelweni. UJaji uLucy Koh uyalele ukuba amaKorea yeka ukuthengisa ezinye zezixhobo zakho eU.S. Ezi zixhobo zaphula amalungelo abenzi be-Cupertino kwaye uluhlu lubandakanya i-Admire, i-Galaxy Nexus, i-Galaxy Note, i-Galaxy Note 2, i-Galaxy S2 Epic 4G Touch, i-Galaxy S2 Skyrocket, i-Galaxy S3 kunye ne-Stratosphere.
Esona sixhobo samva nje kuluhlu si Galaxy S3, I-smartphone eqaliswe kwi-2012 kwaye enye yeefowuni ezithengiswa kakhulu zonyaka. Into embi ye-Apple kwaye ilungile kwi-Samsung kukuba uninzi lwezixhobo ezikuluhlu azisathengiswa e-United States, ke lo mlinganiso awuchaphazeli kakhulu amaKorea. Inoba ndifike emva kwexesha.
Ijaji yagqiba kwelokuba i-Samsung wophule amalungelo awodwa omenzi we-Apple, njengamakhonkco akhawulezayo, isilayidi ukuze uvule, okanye ukulungisa ngokuzenzekelayo igama. Abo baseCupertino babecele inkundla ukuba ithintele ukuthengiswa kweemveliso ezazisebenzisa la malungelo awodwa omenzi wechiza, kodwa u-Koh wagweba ukuba amalungelo awodwa omenzi wechiza anele. 119,6 iidola ezigidi ababesele bephumelele kwelinye ityala ngo-2014. NgoSeptemba, iNkundla yeZibheno yeSekethe ye-Federal ayizange ivume, isithi i-Samsung yayingavunyelwa ukuba ithengise izixhobo ezinamalungelo abenzi be-Apple.
Esi sigqibo sinokuba nako iziphumo ezinkulu ngokwemiqathango yamalungelo awodwa omenzi wechiza, ngakumbi xa kufikwa kwizixhobo ezinjengee-smartphones ezinamalungelo awodwa omenzi wechiza kunye neempawu ezinzima. Ukwazi oku, ezinye iinkampani ezinkulu ezifana neHewlett-Packard, Google, Facebook kunye ne-eBay zixhasa i-Samsung kumlo wayo wokulwa ne-Apple.
Nge-11 kaJanuwari, iingcali zomthetho ezininzi, imibutho engenzi nzuzo, kunye neenkampani zetekhnoloji zabhala ezixhasa i-Samsung ukuba iNkundla ePhakamileyo iphonononge ityala lokwaphulwa kwelungelo elilodwa lomenzi wechiza. Into abayibuzayo kukuba yeyona nkundla iphakamileyo kweli lizwe chaza ngcono uyilo lwelungelo elilodwa lomenzi wechiza kwaye unciphise umonakalo onokuthi unikezelwe. Kule nto basebenzisa i-Apple ngokuchasene necala le-Samsung, kwaye bafuna ukuthintela okubizwa ngokuba trolls yepatent intlawulo kwipropathi enomgangatho ophezulu wokuqonda.