US jury orders Apple to pay Taction $5.7bn over iPhone haptics patents

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By Alina Maria StanSep 28, 2026, 2:53 am121 ptsTrending
A federal jury in San Diego has ordered Apple to pay more than $5.7bn to Taction Technology, a small haptics company, for infringing two of its patents. The verdict came on Friday, 25 September, and is the largest patent award in US history, according to Law360, which first reported it. The case centres on…

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