📅 Oct 2, 2026
A San Diego jury says the iPhone's Taptic Engine infringes two patents held by Taction Technology.
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More than $5.7 billion in damages over two haptics patents — described by Reuters as the largest US verdict of its kind.
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Taction sued in 2021, lost in 2023, got the case revived by the Federal Circuit in 2025, and won the verdict on Sept. 25.
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Jurors did not find the infringement willful, so the penalty stays at baseline — but the patents reach iPhones and Apple Watches.
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Apple calls the verdict 'entirely unsupported by the facts' and will appeal. Taction's counsel says five and a half years 'was a long time coming.'
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