Michal Marek ne adam wata Mai yin mundaye mai wayo Jawbone yana tuhumar abokin hamayyarsa Fitbit. Gudanar da Jawbone ba ya son amfani da haƙƙin mallaka da ke da alaƙa da fasahohin "sawa". Ga Fitbit, babban mai kera masu kula da motsa jiki a duniya, wannan ba shakka mummunan labari ne. Amma idan Jawbone ya ci nasara a shari'ar, Fitbit ba zai zama kadai mai babbar matsala ba. Hukuncin na iya yin tasiri sosai ga duk masana'antun da ake kira "wearables", ciki har da Apple yanzu.
An shigar da karar a kan Fitbit a makon da ya gabata kuma ta shafi rashin amfani da fasahohin da aka yi amfani da su wajen tattarawa da fassara bayanan da suka shafi lafiyar mai amfani da ayyukan wasanni. Koyaya, ba shakka Fitbit ba shine kaɗai ke amfani da haƙƙin Jawbone da aka ambata a cikin ƙarar ba. Misali, haƙƙin mallaka sun haɗa da yin amfani da "ɗaya ko fiye da na'urori masu auna firikwensin da ke cikin na'urar kwamfuta mai sawa" da saita "takamaiman manufa" waɗanda ke "dogon ayyuka ɗaya ko fiye da suka shafi lafiya," kamar burin matakan yau da kullun.
Wani abu kamar wannan tabbas yana jin daɗin duk masu Apple Watch, agogon Android Wear tsarin aiki ko agogon wasanni masu wayo daga kamfanin Garmin na Amurka. Dukansu suna iya, zuwa digiri daban-daban, saita maƙasudi don motsa jiki daban-daban, adadin kuzarin da aka ƙone, lokacin barci, adadin matakai, da makamantansu. Na'urori masu wayo sannan su auna waɗannan ayyukan kuma godiya ga wannan mai amfani zai iya ganin ci gabansa zuwa ƙimar da aka saita. "Idan na mallaki waɗannan haƙƙin mallaka, za a tuhume ni," in ji Chris Marlett, Shugaba na ƙungiyar saka hannun jari ta hannun jarin MDB Capital Group.
Sauran haƙƙin mallaka guda biyu na Jawbone su ma suna da kyau sosai. Ɗaya daga cikinsu ya shafi amfani da bayanai daga na'urori masu auna firikwensin da aka sawa a jiki don fahimtar yanayin yanayin mai amfani a cikin mahallin, misali, wuri. Na biyu yana ma'amala da ci gaba da auna adadin kuzarin mai amfani da aka ɗauka a ciki da waje. Don samun waɗannan haƙƙin mallaka, Jawbone ya sayi BodyMedia a cikin Afrilu 2013 akan dala miliyan 100.
Sid Leach, abokin tarayya a kamfanin lauyoyi Snell & Willmer, ya annabta cewa wannan ƙarar za ta haifar da matsala ga duk kamfanoni a cikin masana'antar. "Hakan ma yana iya yin tasiri a kan Apple Watch," in ji shi. Idan Jawbone ya yi nasara a shari'ar kotu, zai kasance da makami a kan Apple, wanda ke barazanar mamaye kasuwa har zuwa yanzu Fitbit ko Jawbone ya mamaye shi.
"Idan ni Jawbone ne," in ji Marlett, "Zan saka Fitbit kafin in kai farmaki ga Apple." Brian Love na Jami'ar California ta Santa Clara School of Law ya ce "Yaƙin mallaka shine sakamakon kusan duk lokacin da fasaha ta fito da ta shahara kuma tana da riba sosai."
Dalilin wannan yana da sauki. Kamar dai wayoyin hannu, mundaye masu wayo sun ƙunshi fasahohi daban-daban da fasali don haƙƙin mallaka, don haka a zahiri za a sami kamfanoni da yawa waɗanda ke neman ɗaukar ɗan ƙaramin cizo daga wannan masana'antar fasahar haɓaka.
Ana tuhumar Fitbit ne a daidai lokacin da kamfanin ke shirin zama na farko a masana'antar da ke fitowa fili. Kamfanin, wanda aka kafa a 2007, yana da darajar dala miliyan 655. An sayar da kusan na'urorin Fitbit miliyan 11 a lokacin da kamfanin ya ke, kuma a bara kamfanin ya samu dala miliyan 745 na mutunci. Kididdigar kan rabon kamfanin na kasuwar Amurka don masu sa ido kan ayyukan mara waya shi ma ya kamata a lura da shi. A cikin kwata na farko na wannan shekara, a cewar kamfanin nazari na NPD Group, wannan rabon ya kasance 85%.
Irin wannan nasarar ya sanya abokin hamayyarsa Jawbone a kan tsaro. An kafa wannan kamfani a cikin 1999 a ƙarƙashin sunan Aliph kuma a asali ya samar da kayan aikin hannu mara waya. A shekarar 2011 ne kamfanin ya fara kera na’urorin bin diddigin ayyukan, duk da cewa kamfanin mai zaman kansa yana da kudaden shiga da suka kai dala miliyan 700 kuma an kiyasta kudinsa ya kai dala biliyan 3, an ce ba zai iya samun nasarar gudanar da ayyukansa ko kuma biyan basussukan da ake bin sa ba.
Mai magana da yawun Fitbit ya musanta zargin Jawbon. "Fitbit ya haɓaka da kansa kuma yana ba da samfuran sabbin abubuwa waɗanda ke taimaka wa masu amfani da shi yin rayuwa mafi koshin lafiya da ƙarin aiki."
