US jury orders Apple to pay Taction $5.7bn over iPhone haptics patents
A federal jury in San Diego has ordered Apple to pay more than $5.7bn to Taction Technology, a small haptics company, for infringing two of its patents.
The verdict came on Friday, 25 September, and is the largest patent award in US history, according to Law360, which first reported it.
The case centres on Apple’s Taptic Engine, the part that makes iPhones and Apple Watches tap and vibrate for alerts and button presses.
The jury found that it infringed claims in both patents, which cover ways of producing vibrations a user can feel, according to the verdict form.
However, the jury also found that Apple did not infringe on purpose. As a result, Taction cannot ask the court to increase the damages.
Apple rejected the verdict and said it would appeal.
“Apple’s Taptic Engine is fundamentally different from Taction’s technology, which Taction’s own testing of Apple’s products confirmed during...
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