Apple Ordered to Pay $5.7 Billion Over Haptic Patent Infringement

Apple has been ordered to wage $5.7 cardinal successful damages to Taction Technology aft a national assemblage recovered it had infringed 2 of the haptics company's patents, reported CNBC implicit the weekend.


Taction sued Apple successful 2021, arguing that Apple's Taptic Engine successful the company's Apple Watches and iPhones uses its inventions without due licence oregon authority. Apple initially had the lawsuit dismissed successful 2023, but the Federal Circuit aboriginal revived it.

The assemblage proceedings began September 14, and 7 jurors deliberated for 2 days aft proceedings concluded. They returned connected Friday and delivered the verdict successful favour of Taction.

"We're blessed the assemblage recovered for Taction and vindicated its patent rights," the company's pb counsel, Lance Yang, told CNBC. "Taction waited 5 and a fractional years for this lawsuit to get to trial, truthful it was a agelong clip coming."

Apple said it intends to entreaty the decision.
"While we convey the assemblage for their consideration, we powerfully disagree with today's verdict and the damages awarded, which are wholly unsupported by the facts," Apple told CNBC successful a statement. "Apple's Taptic Engine is fundamentally antithetic from Taction's technology, which Taction's ain investigating of Apple's products confirmed during trial. Apple does not usage Taction's technology, and we volition appeal."In Friday's verdict astatine the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, jurors did not find that Apple had infringed the patents willingly.
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