Apple Hit With $5.7B Verdict Over the iPhone's Taptic Engine
A federal jury in San Diego ordered Apple to pay more than $5.7 billion to Taction Technology, finding the Taptic Engine in iPhones and Apple Watches infringed two haptics patents — one of the largest US intellectual-property verdicts on record. Apple disputes the findings and says it will appeal. Full story in slides above — Sources: CNBC, Reuters, MacRumors, TechRepublic, NotebookCheck, October 2026.