Apple futhi abakwaSamsung bagcine beyingcwabile i-hatchet. Umbango osudonse isikhathi eside welungelo lobunikazi, owafaka lezi zinkampani ezimbili enkantolo izikhathi eziningi, wagcina uqedwe yisixazululo ngaphandle kwenkantolo.
OwaseCalifornia Apple yamangalela abakwaSamsung ngo-2011, beyisola ngokukopisha ukwakheka kwe-iPhone. Ngo-Agasti 2012, ijaji layala i-Samsung ukuthi ikhokhele i-Apple $ 1,05 billion ngomonakalo. Phakathi neminyaka edlule, inani liye lehliswa izikhathi eziningana. Kodwa-ke, abakwaSamsung bafaka isikhalazo ngaso sonke isikhathi, njengoba ngokusho kwayo, umonakalo kufanele ubalwe ezintweni ezikopishiwe ngazinye, njengekhava yangaphambili nesibonisi, hhayi enzuzweni ephelele yokuthengiswa kwama-smartphones aphula ilungelo lobunikazi.
Apple ifune u-$1 billion kwaSamsung, kanti abakwaSamsung babezimisele kuphela ukukhokha u-$28 million. Kodwa-ke, ijaji ngenyanga edlule linqume ukuthi i-Samsung kufanele ikhokhe i-Apple $ 538,6 million. Impi yelungelo lobunikazi kanye nezimpi zasenkantolo kwakubonakala kuhloselwe ukuqhubeka, kodwa ekugcineni Apple futhi abakwaSamsung baxazulule ingxabano yelungelo lobunikazi. Nokho akukho neyodwa inkampani ebifuna ukuphawula ngemibandela yesivumelwano.
