Apple faces more than $5.7 billion verdict in Taction patent case
Apple plans to appeal, so the damages ruling is not the end of the dispute.
A federal jury in San Diego has awarded Taction more than $5.7 billion in its patent dispute with Apple. Taction said Apple’s Taptic Engine, used in iPhones and Apple Watches, infringed two haptics patents it filed suit over in 2021. Jurors found infringement but concluded it was not willful. The case had been dismissed in 2023, then returned to court after an appellate ruling; Apple says it will appeal the verdict. In a separate case, Apple was ordered to pay Masimo $634 million in November 2025 over a blood-oxygen technology patent.
Why it matters
For Apple, the award creates a substantial financial liability that remains contested while the appeal proceeds. The jury’s finding distinguishes infringement from deliberate infringement.
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