Akuvamile ukuthi izinkampani ezinkulu zobuchwepheshe zibhekane namacala angenangqondo avela ezinhlanganweni ezifuna ithuba lemali yazo. I-Samsung iyafana, kodwa amacala angenasisekelo ngokumelene nayo akhule kakhulu eminyakeni yamuva. Amabhizinisi afaka amacala anjalo ngokuvamile abizwa ngokuthi ama-patent troll.
Ama-patent troll athenga amalungelo obunikazi anobubanzi obubanzi bezobuchwepheshe futhi azame ukuwasebenzisa ngokumelene nempahla yasendlini, ama-smartphone, ama-semiconductors noma okokusebenza kwezokuxhumana. Njengoba i-Samsung ingomunye wabakhiqizi abakhulu bemikhiqizo enjalo, ngokwemvelo yaba inhloso enkulu yalawa ma-troll.
Igalari yezithombe
Ukuhlaziywa kwe-Uniified Patents kubonisa ukuthi eminyakeni emihlanu edlule iyodwa, amacala okuphulwa kwelungelo lobunikazi angu-404 afakwe ngokumelene ne-Samsung Electronics e-US. Ngaphezu kwengxenye yalawa macala, okungama-208, afakwe izinhlangano ezingezona ezochwepheshe noma izinhlangano ezingazibandakanyi ngokugcwele ebhizinisini. Ukuqhathanisa okulula namacala afanayo afakwe kwezinye izinkampani ezinkulu zobuchwepheshe kukhombisa ukuthambekela okucacile kwama-patent troll aqondise i-Samsung. Phakathi kuka-2019 no-2023, kwafakwa amacala angu-168 "ama-troll" ngokumelene ne-Google, angu-142 ngokumelene ne-Apple, futhi angu-74 ngokumelene ne-Amazon, kanti angu-404 afakwe ku-Samsung.
Ungaba nentshisekelo ku
Isibonelo, icala lakamuva elifakwe i-Samsung yi-KP Innovations liqondise yona njengomkhiqizi wama-smartphones asongekayo, nakuba ezinye izinkampani eziningi ezifana ne-Huawei, i-Xiaomi, i-Google noma i-Motorola yenza lawa madivayisi. Noma kunjalo, le nhlangano yanquma ukuphishekela icala kuphela nge-Samsung. Akazigwemi izingxabano zomthetho zalolu hlobo futhi uziyisa esiphethweni sazo esinengqondo. Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi e-US, umdondoshiya waseKorea ufake izicelo zelungelo lobunikazi kunanoma iyiphi inkampani iminyaka eminingi, kuhlanganise ngonyaka odlule, lapho wafaka ezingaphezu kuka-9.
