Zikuwoneka kuti nkhondo yanthawi yayitali pakati pa Samsung ndi US Applem zatha. Komabe, chimphona chaku South Korea sichinatulukemo bwino. Pambuyo pa madandaulo angapo opambana, momwe adayesera kutsimikizira kuti chipukuta misozi chomwe adayenera kulipira ku Apple chinali chokwera mopanda malire, kholalo linagwa. Chifukwa chake chimphona cha ku South Korea chikuyenera kulipira madzi ake $ 539 miliyoni. 

Mkangano wonsewo udayamba kale mu 2010, pomwe Samsung, malinga ndi Apple, idaba gawo lalikulu la mapangidwe ake ndikuwagwiritsa ntchito pamafoni ake. Komabe, pochita izi, adawononga kwambiri kampani ya Apple, yomwe panthawiyo idabwera ndi mtundu wakusintha kwa chipangizocho komanso mawonekedwe ogwiritsa ntchito. N’zosadabwitsa kuti iye Apple anamutengera kubwalo lamilandu, komwe anakapempha chipukuta misozi chochuluka.

Njira yoyipa kwambiri

Chosangalatsa ndichakuti ndidzilipira ndekha Apple sanateteze kwambiri ndipo m'malo mwake anayesa kusuntha kwambiri ndi kutalika kwake. Mkangano waukulu udakhudza kuwerengera chipukuta misozi kuchokera pamtengo wokwanira wa mafoni ophwanya malamulo ogulitsidwa kapena kuchokera pamtengo wazinthu zomwe zidaphwanya patent. Zachidziwikire, njira yachiwiri ingakhale yosangalatsa kwambiri kwa Samsung. Komabe, pamapeto pake, izi sizinapambane, ndipo Khothi Loona za Apilo ku United States linaganiza kuti liyenera kulipira mwini wake ndalama zomwe tazitchula pamwambapa, zomwe zimaganizira mtengo wonse wa mafoni ophwanya ma patent.

Ngakhale zikuwonekeratu kuti kulipira ndalamazi sikungawononge Samsung, ndizosasangalatsa. Mkanganowu udapereka chitsanzo chomwe makampani ena omwe amasumira Samsung pazinthu zofananira angadalire mtsogolo. Zotsatira zake, Samsung ikhoza kutaya ndalama zochulukirapo kuposa "madola" theka la biliyoni.