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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US jury says Apple owes record $5.7 billion in haptic technology patent case
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.
(San Francisco = Yonhap News) Correspondent Kwon Young-jeon = A court has ruled that Apple's haptic (vibration response) technology, featured in the iPhone and Apple Watch, infringes on third-party patents...
A US jury ruled that Apple must pay Taction more than $5.7 billion for violating two patents on tactile technologies. The company said it would appeal this decision.
US Jury Orders Apple to Pay Record $5.7B to Taction in iPhone and Apple Watch Haptic Patent Case
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, which creates tapping vibrations, infringed two Taction patents"Apple's Taptic Engine is fundamentally different from Taction's technology, which Tacti…
<p>Apple ordered to pay a record $5.7 billion in a patent case for tactile response technology A US jury found that Taptic Engine infringes two Taction patents. Apple to challenge record $5.7 billion compensation</p>
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