Nuwamba 14 (Reuters) - Wata kotun tarayya a California ta ce a ranar Juma'a cewa kamfanin Apple (AAPL.O) , wanda ya bude sabon shafin bashi ga kamfanin fasahar sa ido kan lafiya na Masimo (MASI.O) , ya bude sabon shafin dala miliyan 634 saboda keta haƙƙin mallaka da ya shafi fasahar karanta iskar oxygen ta jini.
Mai magana da yawun Masimo ya tabbatar da cewa, masu yanke hukunci sun amince da Masimo cewa yanayin motsa jiki da kuma sanarwar bugun zuciya na Apple Watch sun keta haƙƙin mallakar fasaha na Masimo.
"A cikin shekaru shida da suka gabata (Masimo) ta kai ƙarar Apple a kotu da dama kuma ta tabbatar da mallakar lasisi sama da 25, waɗanda aka gano cewa yawancinsu ba su da inganci," in ji mai magana da yawun. "Haƙƙin mallakar lasisi ɗaya a wannan shari'ar ya ƙare a shekarar 2022, kuma ya keɓance ga fasahar sa ido kan marasa lafiya ta tarihi tun shekaru da yawa da suka gabata."
Masimo, a cikin wata sanarwa, ta kira hukuncin "babbar nasara a kokarin da muke yi na kare sabbin kirkire-kirkire da kadarorin fasaha."
Shari'ar da aka shigar a California wani bangare ne na takaddama mai sarkakiya tsakanin Apple da Masimo, wacce ke zaune a Irvine, California, wacce ta zargi Apple da daukar ma'aikatanta aiki da kuma satar fasahar bugun zuciya ta oximetry don amfani da ita a cikin agogon Apple.
Wannan takaddama ta sa kotun cinikayya ta Amurka ta hana shigo da agogon hannu na Apple Series 9 da Ultra 2 a shekarar 2023 bayan ta gano cewa fasahar Apple ta keta haƙƙin mallaka na Masimo.
Kamfanin Apple ya cire fasahar karanta iskar oxygen daga agogonsa domin gujewa haramcin, sannan ya sake gabatar da sabuwar fasahar a watan Agusta tare da amincewar Hukumar Kwastam da Kare Kan Iyakoki ta Amurka.
A ranar Juma'a ne dai Hukumar Kula da Ingancin Inganci ta yanke shawarar gudanar da wani sabon bincike domin tantance ko agogon Apple da aka sabunta ya kamata a haramta amfani da su.
Masimo ta shigar da ƙara a gaban hukumar kwastam kan wannan hukunci. Kamfanin Apple ya ƙalubalanci dokar hana shigo da kaya daga ƙasashen waje a kotun ɗaukaka ƙara ta tarayya.
Wani alkali a California ya ayyana shari'a a shari'ar sirrin ciniki da Masimo ta yi da Apple a shekarar 2023 bayan da alkalan suka kasa yanke hukunci baki daya. Apple ta sami mafi karancin dala $250 a kan Masimo a Delaware a bara saboda zargin cewa agogon hannu na Masimo sun karya dokokin mallakar fasaha guda biyu na Apple.
