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San Diego jury awards Taction over $5.7 billion in Apple haptic patent case

The Verge · 2026-09-26
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Taction sued Apple in 2021. A federal jury in San Diego awarded it more than $5.7 billion, finding Apple’s Taptic Engine in iPhones and Apple Watches infringed U.S. Patents 10,659,885 and 10,820,117 on vibration-based tactile transducers—two claims in one patent and one in the other—but not willfully. Taction alleged reverse-engineering from two Kannon gaming headsets; Apple said it will appeal.

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Source: The Verge · via ahirlevel.hu