Novembala 14 (Reuters) - Oweruza milandu ku California adati Lachisanu kuti Apple (AAPL.O) , yomwe yatsegula tsamba latsopano , ili ndi ngongole ya kampani yaukadaulo yowunikira zachipatala Masimo (MASI.O) , chifukwa chophwanya lamulo loletsa kugwiritsa ntchito mpweya m'magazi.
Oweruza milandu adagwirizana ndi Masimo kuti mawonekedwe a masewera olimbitsa thupi a Apple Watch komanso zizindikiro za kugunda kwa mtima zinali kuphwanya ufulu wa Masimo, wolankhulira Masimo adatsimikiza.
"M'zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi zapitazi (Masimo) wamanga mlandu Apple m'makhothi angapo ndipo adapeza ma patent oposa 25, ambiri mwa iwo apezeka kuti ndi osavomerezeka," adatero wolankhulirayo. "Patent imodzi pankhaniyi idatha mu 2022, ndipo ndi yeniyeni yaukadaulo wakale wowunikira odwala kuyambira zaka makumi angapo zapitazo."
Masimo, m'mawu ake, adati chigamulochi "ndi kupambana kwakukulu pakuyesetsa kwathu kuteteza zatsopano zathu ndi katundu wathu wanzeru."
Mlandu wa ku California ndi mbali imodzi ya mkangano wotsutsana pakati pa Apple ndi Masimo, wokhala ku Irvine, California, womwe wadzudzula Apple kuti yalemba ntchito antchito ake ndikuba ukadaulo wake wowonetsa kugunda kwa mtima kuti ugwiritsidwe ntchito mu Apple Watches.
Mkanganowu unapangitsa kuti khoti la zamalonda ku US liletse kutumizidwa kwa mawayilesi anzeru a Apple a Series 9 ndi Ultra 2 mu 2023 atapeza kuti ukadaulo wa Apple unaphwanya ma patent a Masimo.
Apple yachotsa ukadaulo wowerengera mpweya m'magazi m'mawotchi ake kuti ipewe chiletsocho ndipo yayambitsanso mtundu watsopano wa ukadaulowu mu Ogasiti ndi chilolezo cha US Customs and Border Protection.
Bungwe la ITC payokha Lachisanu linaganiza zokonza njira yatsopano yodziwira ngati mawotchi atsopano a Apple ayenera kuletsedwa.
Masimo wapereka mlandu wopitilira motsutsana ndi Customs pa chisankhochi. Apple yatsutsa padera chiletso cha kutumiza katundu kunja ku khoti la apilo la federal.
Woweruza milandu waku California adalengeza kuti mlandu wa Masimo wokhudza chinsinsi cha malonda motsutsana ndi Apple udaweruzidwa mu 2023 pambuyo poti oweruza milandu sanagwirizane. Apple idapambana chigamulo chocheperako cha $250 motsutsana ndi Masimo ku Delaware chaka chatha chifukwa cha zomwe zidanenedwa kuti ma watchwatch a Masimo akuphwanya ma patent awiri a kapangidwe ka Apple.
