A federal jury in the Southern District of California found that Apple infringed two Taction Technology patents in the Taptic Engine used in the Apple Watch and iPhone, and put damages at $5,721,961,750, according to AppleInsider's read of the verdict form. Jurors found infringement on two claims in one patent and one in the other, and Apple failed to prove any of the three claims invalid. They did not find the infringement willful, so the jury said Apple infringed but not that it did so knowingly.
Taction sued in 2021. A judge ruled in 2023 that Apple did not infringe, and the Federal Circuit revived the case in 2025. Apple told CNBC, as MacRumors reported, that it strongly disagrees with the damages, that the Taptic Engine is fundamentally different from Taction's technology, and that it will appeal. Taction's lead counsel said the company waited five and a half years to get to trial.