Apple akaita nyaya kudare pamusoro nokutengesa machipisi nokuti iPhone pa $ 1 billion

Apple achangobva kuitwa chinhu incredible: mabikirwo hofori sued kambani Qualcomm raMwari, riri mubasa pagadzirwe processors nokuda iPhone smartphone, vachikumbira kuti bhiriyoni emadhora.

chisingatombotarisirwi rumhan'aro

The rumhan'aro ndiye Qualcomm somunhu blackmailer, chinoda hombe rakawanda chikuru michina nokuda smartphones uye mhosva boka kunonoka vachibhadhara se "chirango" nokuda chokwadi kuti Apple akaita yakatanga kuongorora nyaya yacho.

Apple hakusi kambani wokutanga

Apple nhanho hwakabatana nomumwe chiito pamutemo wakabatwa January. Kare, kambani FTC nyaya antitrust kumatare Qualcomm, achipomera kambani iri kuti riri kushandisa patents ayo kumanikidza vakwikwidzi kutamira hombe rezinesi yechikoro kunyange vaya namano kuti musashandisa processors kana mumwe Qualcomm zvigadzirwa.

Chii dambudziko?

Apple akaita zvavakaitawo rugwaro FTC rumhan'aro. Pane kutaura kuti kambani rakasimbisa kumanikidza Apple nenzira dzakawanda kune mumwe yaizongoshandiswa zvibereko mugadziri ichi kwenguva yemakore mashanu, kubvira 2011 kusvika 2016. chibvumirano ichi zvinobudirira kunyimwa basa ose dzimwe akaigadzira processors nokuti inonyanya kufarirwa smartphone munyika. The rumhan'aro anonzi isingaruramisiri makwikwi yakaoma. Pakatanga iPhone 7 uye iPhone 7 Plus Apple kambani akatanga kubudisa smartphones, uko vanoshandisa Intel Architecture.

Details pamusoro Apple rumhan'aro

Maererano kutaura ndechokuti Apple akaita kudare, vamiririri vayo akasunungura yepamutemo mashoko nayo inoti Qualcomm ari kuda royalties nokuda kwezvinhu, vakanga vasina chinhu chokuita. Apple akafanana simbe Qualcomm boka iri asisiri kuita utsanzi, sezvo basa rayo rinoumbwa yekare ano, pamwe pacho anounganidza royalties, uye vazhinji vachibhadhara izvi havana hwaro. Zvichitaurwa zviri nyore, Apple akapomera kwemasayendisiti ari mugadziri kuti akava bvumidzwa troll.

Mhosva Qualcomm

Zvikurukuru, Apple mhosva Qualcomm boka kwokukundikana kubhadhara chitsama bhiriyoni rimwe emadhora, nacho sezvo chiito kutsiva nokuda chepamusoro Apple kuti kambani pamwe nemapurisa, uyo yave tasked kuongorora basa akaigadzira processors. kuferefeta ava kunge, uye akava hwaro okuparadza rumhan'aro pedyo FTC.

Yakakurisa kukura royalties

Apple akatipawo mamwe mashoko pamusoro sei kukuru vaiva royalties kuti vanofanira kunyora kambani Qualcomm. Maererano boka, ari royalties kuti Qualcomm kubva Apple, kashanu kupfuura dzimwe bvumidzwa royalties licensors pamwe Apple vake, vasanganiswa.

A Kutarira noruzhinji

The rumhan'aro Apple inopa muchidimbu seri mifananidzo sei mabhizimisi chiri kuitwa mumunda rezvedzidzo pfuma, kana totaura zvibereko zvikuru nevanhu uye zvakafanana yepamusorosoro zvigadzirwa munyika. Nepo litigation pamusoro patents uye magadzirirwo kuitika kazhinji, chii kambani kupfuura zvinodhura munyika rokuita kudare mumwe vamwe ayo, kunyanya zvakadai chinokosha sezvo Qualcomm wacho, kashoma kuti mumwe munhu aigona kufanotaura.

Migumisiro kudare

rumhan'aro Izvi zvichaita Zvechokwadi tine Zvisaririra ari Wireless indasitiri kwemakore, unogona kutokonzera kuchinja cellular kumusika, sezvo 5G zvemichina zvishoma nezvishoma kuoneka pamusoro pamusika, achitora nzvimbo nowakautangira yake, 4G rwokugadzira. Muna 2016, Qualcomm kwakaita anazvo 65 muzana pawaitengesa Mobile modems (uye 50 muzana Ndakatengesa rokutengesa dzavo). Izvi nhamba anogona yekudyidzana kuderera sezvo sei kuitwa enyaya yacho kudare, uye vakwikwidzi kuti kare tisina mukana uchauya zvaiitika.

Noncooperation

Uyezve, vakapiwa kuti Apple vakatotanga kushandisa foni modems kubva Intel mu smartphones iPhone 7 uye 7 Plus ndiko, nehasha nekambani pamutemo mashoko kungareva kuti kubudikidza nguva muenzaniso smartphone worusere, iyo yakarongwa Mumatsutso gore rino, chikuru mugadziri ngwara dzeserura nezvimwewo zvakazara anoratidza Qualcomm pasuo, kusiya zvinoriumba zvose yaipiwa iri kambani.

Kugamuchira kudare

Qualcomm akagamuchira rumhan'aro Apple anenge pakarepo. Executive mutevedzeri wapurezidhendi Don Rosenberg akadana Apple groundless kupomerwa. Akatiwo aizofara kuunza nyaya iyi kudare, sezvo kuchatungamirira kwakakwana kuzarurwa vose Apple kuti tsika, kuti anotarisa akafanana thinly rakafukidzwa kutyisidzira kubva processor mugadziri.

Full yepamutemo mutsara Apple

Heino wakazara eMagwaro Apple kushanda: "Kwemakore akawanda, Qualcomm zvisiri vakasimbirira kubhadharisa royalties kuti mabikirwo, iyo akanga asina kuita The zvakawanda Apple kushanda pamwe zvakagadzirwa zvakadai TouchID, yepamusoro anoratidza uye makamera, saka. Qualcomm anowana mari yakawanda pasina kururamiswa, uye kuoma zvakafanira kuti mari idzi zvakagadzirwa Apple. Qualcomm hwakavaka bhizimisi rayo pamusoro yakare, zvino yechinyakare mitemo, asi haana akaramba kusimbisa ayo pakutongwa zvinhu imwe nzira uye gromnyh royalties. Pasinei nokuti ichi kambani chimwe dzakawanda avo vakabatsira kuti mharuro cellular mitemo, Qualcomm acharamba kudiwa kubva Apple vake kashanu mari kupfuura dzose dzimwe bvumidzwa licensees, naye tine chibvumirano, akaisa pamwe . kuti kudzivirira ayo huripo zano, Qualcomm aenda nokuita okunyanyisa matanho ichangobva wakavharirwa anenge mabhiriyoni remadhora vachibhadhara aiendeswa Apple, mune kutsiva mashoko echokwadi inopiwa Apple pravoohra ånd masangano avo vakaperekedza kuferefeta. Apple ari anotenda zvikuru utsanzi uye anofara kubhadhara nokururamisira uye anonzwisisa mitengo nokuda patents kuti anoshandiswa nguva dzose. Tiri chaizvo akagumbuka pamwe nzira kambani Qualcomm ebhizimisi nesu, uye zvinosuwisa, pashure pemakore Kusawirirana uye kunetsana maererano nokururamisira uye anonzwisisa kutyora mari yechikoro, hatina sarudzo asi kuenda kudare. "