Apple hit with $5.7 billion in damages over haptic patents
Haptics tech company Taction sued Apple in 2021, alleging it infringed two of its patents. Now a federal jury in San Diego has awarded Taction over $5.7 billion in damages. According to CNBC, "The lawsuit centered around U.S. Patent Nos. 10,659,885 and 10,820,117, which both involve vibration-based, tactile transducer technology that helps users feel a […]
A US federal jury has awarded over $5.7 billion in damages to Taction Technology, finding Apple infringed on its haptics patents. The lawsuit, filed in 2021, centered around Apple's use of vibration-based, tactile transducer technology in its iPhones and Apple Watches, which Taction alleged was developed without a proper license.
According to The Verge, the jury found that Apple's Taptic Engine infringed on two claims in one patent and one in another, specifically U.S. Patent Nos. 10,659,885 and 10,820,117. Apple has stated that it will appeal the verdict, claiming that its Taptic Engine is "fundamentally different" from Taction's technology and that it "does not use Taction's" tech.
Taction's attorney, Lance Yang, expressed satisfaction with the verdict, saying that the jury vindicated Taction's patent rights. The case was revived by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit last year after a San Diego federal judge initially ruled that Apple did not infringe on the patents.
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