Apple hit with $5.7 billion in damages over haptic patents
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TL;DR
- Apple's Taptic Engine was found to infringe on two patents owned by Taction.
- A federal jury awarded Taction over $5.7 billion in damages.
- The lawsuit centered on patents related to vibration-based tactile transducer technology.
- Taction accused Apple of using its technology without a license, a claim the jury agreed with.
- The jury did not find that Apple willfully infringed the patents.
- Apple intends to appeal the decision.