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Jury orders Apple to pay $5.7 billion in haptics patent case

Original: Haptics tech company Taction sued Apple in 2021, alleging it infringed two of its patents. Now a federal jury in San Die

A federal jury in San Diego has ordered Apple to pay more than $5.7 billion in damages to Taction, a haptics technology company that sued in 2021 claiming Apple infringed two of its patents, US Patent Nos. 10,659,885 and 10,820,117. The verdict, covering technology related to haptic feedback, is one of the largest patent damages awards against Apple.

Why now: The unusually large damages verdict against Apple in a patent case is drawing widespread attention.

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• Haptics tech company Taction sued Apple in 2021, alleging it infringed two of its patents. Now a federal jury in San Diego has awarded Taction over $5.7 billion in damages. According to CNBC, "The lawsuit centered around U.S. Patent Nos. 10,659,885 and 10,820,117, which both… · verge@www.urbanmind.net · 6

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