Ityala eliviwe ngale ntsasa kwiNkundla ePhakamileyo yase-US lenze imbali. Ngethuba lokuqala kwiminyaka engama-230, iNkundla yabamba iingxoxo zomlomo kwi-intanethi. Oku kuvumele abantu abavela kwihlabathi liphela ukuba bazenzele - ngexesha lokwenyani. Nangona ityala elinye lokuva lifumene ingqalelo encinci kumajelo eendaba, eneneni ibaluleke kakhulu imeko yophawu lwentengiso I-US Patent Office v. Ukubhuka.com.
UFara Sunderji uliqabane kwifemu yezomthetho yamanye amazwe uDorsey & Whitney. I-Sunderji inobungcali obubanzi kuwo onke amabakala enkqubo yolawulo lwentengiso, kubandakanya ukhetho lwophawu lwentengiso, ukususwa, ukutshutshiswa, ukugcinwa kunye nokunyanzeliswa kunye nokumangalelwa. Wayemamele ingxoxo bukhoma ngale ntsasa evela eNew York kwaye wakwazi ukuqokelela iingcinga zakhe ngexesha lokwenyani.
"Ingxoxo ibinomdla kwimibuzo emininzi evela kwiiJaji, nkqu nakwiJaji uThomas. Umbuzo wakhe wokugqibela wawungoMatshi we-2019, kwiminyaka emithathu emva kowangaphambili. Njengokuba kuqhelekile kwilizwe elitsha elivela-ekhaya, impikiswano ayikhange ihambe ngaphandle kwezobuchwephesha ezimbalwa, kubandakanya u-Justice Sotomayor eqala ukufuna kwakhe ngelixa kubonakala ngathi sisimumu, umgangatho odiyo ombi ovela ku-Justice Breyer kwaye impikiswano yagijima malunga ne-15. Imizuzu ubude kunexesha ebelicwangcisiwe, ”utshilo uSundji.
Ngelixa ezinye iindawo zeendaba zibonakalise imeko yeli tyala njengeliphantsi, enomdla kakhulu ngenxa yezizathu ezimbalwa. Ngokucacileyo, eli lixesha lokuqala iNkundla ePhakamileyo isasaza ingxoxo yomlomo bukhoma kwimbali yayo engama-230.
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