Inkantolo yokudlulisa amacala yaseMelika isiqinisekisile isigwebo lapho abafana baseCupertino kufanele bakhokhe inkampani eyiVirnetX, amaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-440, inkampani enenqwaba yamalungelo obunikazi abhaliswe egameni layo futhi elwe ne-Apple cishe iminyaka eyishumi.
IVirnetX iwine icala elibhekene ne-Apple ngo-2016 lapho U-Apple kudingeke akhokhe u- $ 302 million, isibalo esenyuswe safinyelela kuma-dollar ayizigidi ezingama-440 ngenxa yenzalo, umonakalo ngokombono odale inkampani kanye nezindleko ezingeziwe ezizungeze lonke icala.
Ithimba lezomthetho lakwa-Apple lithi lihlela ukukwenza udlulisele phambili isinqumo senkantolo ngaphezu kokusho ukuthi udumele kakhulu ngomphumela. Izimangalo zobunikazi benkampani yeVirtneX zimenyezelwe njengengekho emthethweni yinkantolo yezokuphatha, yize inkampani isidlulisile leso sinqumo, ngoba kungenjalo, ngeke isaba nesizathu sokuqhubeka nokumangalela ubuchwepheshe obukhulu, okuwukuphela komthombo wemali engenayo.
IVirnetX akuyona inkampani eyaziwayo emhlabeni wezobuchwepheshe, kepha kunalokho iyaziwa yizinkampani zobuchwepheshe lezo uke wabhekana naye esikhathini esithile. I-Apple bekungeyona ukuphela kwenkampani egwetshwe ngokukhokha imali enkulu kule troll yobunikazi. IMicrosoft, iCisco ne-Siemens bangabanye ababonile ukuthi le nkampani yenziwa kanjani ngemali yabo.
Inkantolo iyalele iMicrosoft ukuthi ikhokhe ngaphezu kuka- $ 100 million kuVirtneX ngoba ezinye izinhlobo zamaWindows ziphule amalungelo obunikazi abo. Ama-troll we-patent awekho ebhizinisini lokucwaninga noma ukukhiqiza imikhiqizo. Inhloso yabo kuphela ukuthenga izinkampani ezinezinkinga zezezimali ezinamalungelo obunikazi anamanzi ezingamangalela ngazo ezinye izinkampani kamuva.