Nkhondo yanthawi yayitali ya patent pakati pa Samsung ndi Applem iyenera kutha pakati pa Meyi. Khothi Lachigawo ku North Carolina lipereka chigamulo chomaliza Lolemba, Meyi 14. Mlanduwo unayamba zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri zapitazo, liti Apple adasumira Samsung chifukwa chophwanya patent yokhudzana ndi mapangidwe a iPhone. Komabe, chimphona cha ku South Korea chimakhulupirira kuti ma patent ambiri alibe tanthauzo, choncho sakuganiza kuti ayenera kulipira chindapusa cha mamiliyoni angapo.
Mu 2012, khoti linalamula Samsung kuti ilipire Apple $ 1 biliyoni pachiwopsezo, koma Samsung idachita apilo kangapo m'zaka zapitazi, ndikuchepetsa ndalamazo mpaka $ 548 miliyoni.
Komabe, Samsung sinagonje ndipo idatengera mlandu wonse ku Khothi Lalikulu mu 2015. Kampani yaku South Korea idanenanso kuti kuwonongeka kwa patent sikuyenera kuwerengeredwa pazogulitsa zonse za chipangizocho, koma pamaziko azinthu zamtundu uliwonse monga chivundikiro chakutsogolo ndi chiwonetsero. Khothi Lalikulu linagwirizana ndi Samsung ndipo libweze mlanduwu kukhoti lachigawo.
Woweruza Lucy Koh adati mlandu wina uyenera kuchitika pankhondo ya patent kuti adziwe kuchuluka kwa zowonongeka zomwe Samsung iyenera kulipira Apple.
Lipotilo, lomwe lidawonekera koyamba pa CNET, likuwonetsa kuti akuluakulu amakampani onsewa sapereka umboni pamasom'pamaso pa nthawi ya kuzenga mlandu, koma m'malo mwake azilemba zolembedwa.
