Enye yezinkinga ezinkulu imboni yezobuchwepheshe enayo namuhla akukhona ukusetshenziswa kwamalungelo obunikazi yizinkampani ezivela eceleni ngaphandle kokukhokhela ukuzisebenzisa, kodwa kunalokho inkinga ivela ezinkampanini ezibizwa ngama-patent trolling, izinkampani ezithenga izinkampani ezincane futhi zithole amalungelo azo obunikazi ukuze kamuva ziqale ukumangalela abasolwa ngokwephula umthetho ngendlela engamathuba futhi enobudlova, kodwa ngaphandle kokuba nenhloso noma ngasiphi isikhathi yokwenza inzuzo noma ukukhiqiza umkhiqizo oyisihloko segunya lobunikazi. IMicrosoft ibivele ibhekane nalezi zinhlobo zezinkampani phambilini futhi iphoqeleke ukuthi ikhokhe ngaphezulu kwamadola ayizigidi ezingama-25. Kepha icala le-VirmetX elibhekene ne-Apple lingaba yinto enkulu kuma-akhawunti abafana beCupertino.
Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule inkantolo yaseTexas yakhipha isinqumo esivuna iVirnetX ekusetshenzisweni kwelungelo lobunikazi elisetshenziswe yi-Apple eliphathelene nokuphepha kwezingcingo ezenziwe nge-FaceTime. Ngaleso sikhathi, u-Apple wayalwa ukuba akhokhe imali engaphezudlwana kwezigidi ezingama-600 zamadola, okuyisinqumo esanikezwa yinkampani ngokunengqondo lapho ithi ijaji kungenzeka lididaniswe nezinkomba zohlelo ezikude kakhulu neqiniso.
Icala ne-Apple liphinde labanjwa esiFundeni saseMpumalanga saseTexas, futhi kulokhu abafana baseCupertino baphinde bagwetshwa ukukhokha imali eyizigidi ezingama-302, uhhafu wemali yesahlulelo sokuqala. Kepha njengoba singafunda eBloomberg, isigwebo sisengadluliselwa futhi kulokhu i-Apple iya eNkantolo Yokudluliswa Kwezikhalazo yase-United States, inkantolo okuzofanele izenzele isinqumo sayo ngokuya ngecala ebelibanjiwe. Ukuze i-Apple ikhokhe lezo zigidi ezingama-300 kuVirnetX, iPatrent Troll kufanele iwine kuleso sigcawu, kepha ngeke kube ukuphela kwalolu cala, ngoba iVirnetX iphinde yamangalela iApple ngokusebenzisa ezinye zezinto zokuphepha kumyalezo wenkampani insiza.