Thomas Chlebek Kubva 2010, kupokana kwepatent pakati peApple nekambani VirnetX, iyo inonyanya kubata patent uye kumhan'arira makambani anotyora, dzanga dzichienderera. Mhosva dzake dzakambohwina dzainetsa, semuenzaniso, Microsoft, Cisco, Siemens, etc. Mutongo wazvino wedare uchipokana neApple mugumisiro weanoda kusvika makore matanhatu akateedzana emhaka dzine chekuita nekutyorwa kwepatent neMessage neFaceTime masevhisi, kunyanya kugona kwavo kweVPN.
Sarudzo iyi yakapihwa nezuro mudare remubatanidzwa wedunhu reEast Texas, iro rinozivikanwa nehushamwari kune varidzi vepatent. VirnetX yakamhan'arawo dzimwe mhosva dzakambotaurwa mudunhu rimwe chete.
Mhosva yepakutanga iyo VirnetX yakamhan'arira Apple pamusoro pemitemo yavo yakachengeteka yekutaurirana yakagadziriswa muna Kubvumbi 2012, apo mumhan'ari akapihwa $368,2 miriyoni mukukuvadzwa kwezvinhu zvehungwaru. Nekuti mhosva iyi yaisanganisira zvese zviri zviviri izvo uye zvigadzirwa zvinovapa, VirnetX yakapotsa yabhadharwa chikamu chemapurofiti kubva kuPhones neMacs.
Apple ine FaceTime kubvira ipapo reworked, asi munaGunyana 2014 mutongo wekutanga wakapidigurwa nekuda kwekufungidzirwa kusiririsa kwekukuvadza. Mukuita patsva, VirnetX yakakumbira $532 miriyoni, iyo yakawedzera kuwedzera kusvika kumari iripo ye625,6 miriyoni. Izvi zvinotarisa kuenderera kunonzi kuenderera mberi kwekutyora nemaune pamatendi ayo ari musoro wegakava.
Pamberi pemutongo uripo, Apple inonzi yakamhan'ara kuMutongi weDunhu Robert Schroeder kuti azivise kutongwa kwemhosva nekuda kwekupomerwa nhema uye kuvhiringidzika nemagweta eVirnetX panguva yekuvhara nharo. Schroeder haasati ataura zviri pamutemo pachikumbiro ichi.
