GoKawiilJury orders Apple to pay $5.7 billion in Taptic Engine patent case
A US jury ruled Friday that Apple must pay Taction Technology $5.7 billion for infringing two patents covering haptic feedback vibration technology used in Apple's Taptic Engine. Taction sued Apple in 2021, arguing the Taptic Engine—used in the Apple Watch since 2014 and iPhones since 2015—infringed its patented vibration module design. Apple says it disagrees with the verdict and plans to appeal, maintaining its technology is fundamentally different from Taction's.
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The size of the award highlights how costly patent disputes over widely deployed hardware features can become for large tech companies. An appeal could delay or overturn the payout, so the financial and legal outcome remains unsettled until higher courts weigh in.
- A jury awarded Taction Technology $5.7 billion over Apple's Taptic Engine patents.
- The lawsuit, filed in 2021, took over five years to reach trial.
- Apple says it will appeal, calling its technology fundamentally different from Taction's.
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