Esontweni eledlule sikutshele ukuthi i-Apple inakho umphumela akunakwenzeka ukubhalisa uphawu lokuhweba i-iPad mini kusukela e-United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) basenqabile isicelo sabo, bathola ukuthi igama elithi mini lalimane lichaza uma libhekisela kusayizi. Manje lesi sikhungo sithatha isinyathelo emuva futhi ukuhoxisa lezo zikhalazo eziphakanyiswe ekuqaleni ukunikeza ithuba labo beCupertino ukubhalisa igama lokuhweba.
Ekuxhumaneni kwangomhla zi-3 kuMbasa, Ihhovisi Lamalungelo Obunikazi Nezimpawu Zokuhweba lase-United States liyavuma ukuthi ngemva kokubuyekezwa ngokucophelela kwesicelo libheka ukuthi ukwenqatshwa okwengezwe ekuqaleni kufanele kuhoxiswe. Kamuva baxolise ngokuphazamiseka okubangelwe.
Kamuva kancane futhi ngobude obukhulu kuyacaciswa lokho susa ukwenqatshwa kokuqala komsebenzi ochazayo wetemu elincane kanye nokulahlwa ngu akukho ukuxhumana phakathi komkhiqizo othengisiwe nokuvela kwawo ekhasini web. Lesi sizathu sokugcina sokwenqatshwa sibhekise ebunzimeni bokuhlonza umkhiqizo esiwuthengiselwe thina kuwebhusayithi ye-Apple ngokomklamo wawo.
Iqiniso liwukuthi lokhu kuphikisa kokugcina bekungaqondakali futhi kuyinhlekisa futhi kuhle ukuthi kuqashelwe. Nokho, isizathu sokuqala sokuphikisa sasinomqondo owengeziwe futhi ingxoxo ngalowo mqondo yayingaqondwa.
Ukuxhumana futhi ukwazisa labo Cupertino ukuthi, naphezu ukuhoxiswa okusemthethweni ukwenqatshwa, kumele kube ngokusemthethweni idokhumenti ukwesula kwezinye izici ezihlongozwayo ekuqaleni isicelo ukugwema ukuthi ingaqhubeka ukwenqatshwa.
Ngokuqondile, babhekisela eqinisweni lokuthi i-Apple kufanele ikwenze kucace ukuthi abakufunayo ukubhalisa igama eliphelele le-iPad mini nokuthi bayakulahla ukuba bodwa egameni elichazayo nelijwayelekile njenge-mini.
Silindele ukuthi lokhu ngeke kubangele noma iyiphi inkinga kulabo baseCupertino, singabona ukuthi maduzane bazoba namalungelo okuxhashazwa okugcwele kwegama lomkhiqizo wabo njengophawu e-United States.
Umthombo: Amahemuhemu we-Mac