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Apple Challenges Record $5.7 Billion Patent Verdict in Taction Dispute
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Storyboard•15-10-2026, 15:35
Apple Challenges Record $5.7 Billion Patent Verdict in Taction Dispute
- •Apple has asked a federal court in San Diego to overturn a massive $5.7 billion jury award in a patent infringement lawsuit brought by Taction Technology.
- •The tech giant argued in its motion that the award, described as the largest patent verdict in US history, was unsupported by sufficient evidence and flawed damages calculations.
- •The legal dispute centers on the Taptic Engine used in iPhones and Apple Watches to generate haptic feedback and tapping sensations.
- •Apple also challenged the technical findings of infringement, arguing that its systems operate differently from Taction's patented vibration technology and that the plaintiff's testing methods were flawed.
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Apple argues that the jury award is unsupported by sufficient evidence, lacks a proper basis for the damages calculation, and that its Taptic Engine operates differently than Taction's patented haptic technology.
Taction filed the patent infringement lawsuit against Apple in the year 2021.
The legal dispute centers on Apple's Taptic Engine, which generates the tapping and haptic feedback sensations experienced by users on iPhones and Apple Watches.
