Apple Ordered to Pay Taction $5.7 Billion for 2 Haptics Patents, Vows Appeal
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Updated · CNBC · Sep 26
Apple Ordered to Pay Taction $5.7 Billion for 2 Haptics Patents, Vows Appeal
3 articles · Updated · CNBC · Sep 26
Summary
$5.7 billion in damages was awarded by a San Diego federal jury after it found Apple infringed two Taction haptics patents tied to vibration-based tactile feedback.
The case targeted Apple's Taptic Engine in iPhones and Apple Watches, which Taction said used its inventions without a license or other authority.
Apple said it will appeal and argued it does not use Taction's technology; the seven-person jury did not find the infringement willful.
Taction sued in 2021, Apple won a dismissal in 2023, and the Federal Circuit later revived the case before the Sept. 14 trial that ended with Friday's verdict.