US Jury Says Apple Owes Record $5.7 Billion in Haptic Technology Patent Case
The nine-member jury found Apple’s Taptic Engine infringed two haptic patents, and the company said it will appeal the record award.
- On Friday, a San Diego jury awarded Taction Technology Inc. more than $5.7 billion after finding Apple Inc. infringed two patents covering vibration technology used in iPhones and Apple Watches.
- Taction filed the lawsuit in 2021, alleging Apple's Taptic Engine used its patented vibration technology without authorization; Apple denied the allegations and claimed the patents were invalid.
- A district court initially ruled in 2023 that Apple did not infringe, but the Federal Circuit revived the case last year after finding the lower court abused its discretion in claim construction.
- Taction attorney Lance Yang said, "We're happy the jury found for Taction and vindicated its patent rights," while Apple vowed to appeal, asserting its technology is "fundamentally different."
- Although the jury found infringement, it determined Apple's conduct was not willful, precluding enhanced damages; the verdict is described by Law360 as the largest patent award in U.S. history.
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Apple held an event at its headquarters in California (USA) on Tuesday (9) Andy Wong/AP Photo A U.S. jury decided that Apple owes more than $5.7 billion to Taction, a company based in San Diego, for using the company's patented technology in the tactile return (haptic feedback) of iPhones and Apple Watches. Apple stated that it will resort to what would be the largest compensation of this kind ever granted in the country. The jury concluded on F…
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US jury says Apple owes record $5.7 billion in haptic technology patent case
Sept 26 : A US jury ruled that Apple owes San Diego-based Taction more than $5.7 billion for using its patented technology to power the haptic feedback in iPhones and Apple Watches. Apple said it would appeal the country's largest such verdict to date.• The jury said on Friday that Apple's Taptic Engine, w
Apple Just Lost the Biggest Patent Case in U.S. History & Must Pay $5.7 Billion
A federal jury in San Diego has awarded Taction Technology Inc. $5.7 billion after finding that Apple Inc. infringed two patents covering vibration technology used in iPhones and Apple Watches. The verdict, delivered Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, is being described as the largest patent damages award in […]
U.S. jury condemns Apple to pay more than $5.7 billion to Taction for violation of two patents in technology, says CNBC
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