Apple ndipo Samsung pamapeto pake idakwirira hatchet. Mkangano wa nthawi yayitali wa patent, womwe udabweretsa makampani awiriwa kukhoti kangapo, udatha ndi kuthetsa kunja kwa khoti.
waku California Apple anazenga mlandu Samsung mu 2011, akuiimba mlandu kukopera mapangidwe a iPhone. Mu Ogasiti 2012, oweruza adalamula Samsung kulipira Apple $ 1,05 biliyoni pakuwonongeka. Kwa zaka zambiri, ndalamazo zachepetsedwa kangapo. Komabe, Samsung idachita apilo nthawi iliyonse, monga molingana ndi izo, zowonongeka ziyenera kuwerengedwa kuchokera kuzinthu zomwe zakopedwa, monga chivundikiro chakutsogolo ndi zowonetsera, osati phindu lonse la kugulitsa kwa mafoni omwe akuphwanya patent.
Apple idafuna $1 biliyoni kuchokera ku Samsung, pomwe Samsung idangofuna kulipira $28 miliyoni. Komabe, oweruza mwezi watha adalamula kuti Samsung iyenera kulipira Apple $ 538,6 miliyoni. Nkhondo ya patent ndi milandu yamakhothi zikuwoneka kuti zikuyenera kupitilira, koma pamapeto pake Apple ndipo Samsung idathetsa mkangano wa patent. Komabe, palibe kampani iliyonse yomwe idafuna kuyankhapo pamigwirizano yomwe idagwirizana.
