Ondrej Holzman I Pepeluali, he hoʻokolokolo ma Texas kauoha ʻia Pono ʻo Apple e uku ma luna o ka hapalua piliona kālā no ka hōʻino ʻana i nā patent a Smartflash. Eia naʻe, ua hoʻolei ka luna kānāwai federal ʻo Rodney Gilstrap i ka $532,9 miliona mai ka papaʻaina, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana e helu hou ʻia ka huina holoʻokoʻa.
Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia kahi hoʻokolokolo hou no Kepakemapa 14, ʻoiai ʻo Gilstrap i ʻōlelo ʻo kāna "ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo jury ua 'hoʻololi' ka ʻike o ka poʻe jure i nā pohō a Apple e uku ai."
Ua manaʻo mua ʻia ʻo Apple e uku iā Smartflash no ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i kekahi mau patent ma iTunes i paʻa ʻia e ka Texas firm, pili i ka hoʻokele pono kīwila (DRM), mālama ʻikepili a me ka hoʻokele ʻana ma o nā ʻōnaehana uku. Ma ka manawa like, ʻo Smartflash kahi hui ʻaʻole nona a hana ʻole i kekahi mea ʻē aʻe ma mua o ʻehiku mau patent.
Ua hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻia kēia e Apple i Pepeluali i kona pale ʻana iā ia iho i ka ʻaha. ʻOiai ua koi ʻo Smartflash i ʻelua ʻelua o ka uku ($ 852 miliona), makemake ka mea hana iPhone e uku ma lalo o $ 5 miliona.
"ʻAʻole hana ʻo Smartflash i nā huahana, ʻaʻohe limahana, hana ʻole i nā hana, ʻaʻohe noho ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, a ʻimi e hoʻohana i kā mākou ʻōnaehana patent e ʻohi i nā uku no ka ʻenehana i hana ʻia e Apple," wahi a Apple spokeswoman Kristin Huguet.
I kēia manawa ua loaʻa iā Apple kahi manawa ʻaʻole ia e uku i ka 532,9 miliona mau kālā, akā naʻe, e hoʻoholo ʻia kēia ma ka helu hou ʻana o ka uku i Kepakemapa. Akā ʻo kēlā me kēia ʻōlelo hoʻoholo, manaʻo ʻia ka pilikua Kaleponi e hoʻopiʻi.
