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Apple hit with $5.7 billion in damages over haptic patents
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Apple’s Taptic Engine was found to infringe on two of Taction’s patents.
Key facts
- The lawsuit centered around U.S. Patent Nos. 10,659,885 and 10,820,117, which both involve vibration-based, tactile transducer technology that helps users feel a device responding to their input
- Haptics tech company Taction sued Apple in 2021, alleging it infringed two of its patents
- Apple’s Taptic Engine was found to infringe on two of Taction’s patents
- Taction argued that Apple’s Taptic Engine in its Apple Watches and iPhones used technology that it had developed without a proper license, and the jury agreed
Summary
Haptics tech company Taction sued Apple in 2021, alleging it infringed two of its patents. Taction argued that Apple’s Taptic Engine in its Apple Watches and iPhones used technology that it had developed without a proper license, and the jury agreed. Leaks reveal a new Apple HomePod mini, iPad mini, and Apple TV 4K. Can Apple Home’s AI camera features outsmart Amazon’s and Google’s?