Kwiveki ephelileyo sakwazisa ukuba iApple inalo isiphumo akunakwenzeka ukubhalisa uphawu lwentengiso iPad mini ukusukela kwi-Ofisi yePatent yase-United States kunye ne-Trademark (USPTO) isikhabile isicelo sabo, bafumanisa ukuba igama elithi mini lalichaza nje ubungakanani. Ngoku eli ziko lithatha umva kwaye zirhoxise ezo zichaso ziphakanyiswe ekuqaleni ukunika ithuba abo baseCupertino ukuba babhalise igama lokuthengisa.
Kunxibelelwano lomhla we-3 ka-Epreli, i-Ofisi yePatent yaseUnited States kunye neempawu zoRhwebo iyavuma ukuba emva kokuphononongwa ngononophelo kwesicelo icinga ukuba ukwaliwa okwandisiweyo kwimeko yokuqala kufuneka kurhoxiswe. Kamva bacela uxolo ngokuphazamiseka okubangelwe.
Kancinci kamva kwaye kubude obukhulu buchazwa ukuba susa ukukhatywa kokuqala komsebenzi ochazayo wegama elithi mini kananjalo ukwaliwa ngu akukho mbalelwano phakathi kwemveliso ethengisiweyo kunye nokubonakala kwayo kwiphepha Kwiwebhu. Esi sizathu sokugqibela sokukhatywa sibhekiselele kubunzima bokuchonga imveliso eyathengiswa kuthi kwiwebhusayithi ye-Apple ngokoyilo lwayo.
Inyaniso kukuba le nkcaso yokugqibela yayingaqondwa kwaye ihlekisa kwaye ilungile ukuba iqondwe. Noko ke, isizathu sokuqala sokuchasa sasinombandela ongakumbi yaye ingxubusho ngaloo ngqiqo yayinokuqondwa.
Unxibelelwano lukwazisa kwakhona abo baseCupertino ukuba, nangona ukuhoxiswa ngokusemthethweni kokukhatywayo, kufuneka benze ngokusemthethweni uxwebhu lokurhoxa kwezinye iinkalo ezicetywayo ekuqaleni kwisicelo sokuphepha ukuba sinokuqhubeka nokukhatywa.
Ngokukodwa, babhekisa kwinto yokuba i-Apple kufuneka iyenze icace into yokuba into abafuna ukuyibhalisa ligama elipheleleyo le-iPad mini kwaye bayakulahla ukuba bodwa kwigama elichazayo kunye neliqhelekileyo njengemini.
Ukulindela ukuba oku akuyi kubangela nayiphi na ingxaki kulabo baseCupertino, sinokuqonda ukuba kungekudala baya kuba namalungelo okuxhaphazwa ngokupheleleyo kwegama lemveliso yabo njengophawu e-United States.
Umthombo: Amarhe eMac