Apple Faces $5.7 Billion Patent Infringement Verdict Over iPhone And Apple Watch Haptics (cnbc.com) 9
"A federal jury in San Diego awarded Taction Technology more than $5.7 billion in damages Friday after finding that Apple infringed claims from two haptics patents,"
reports CNBC:
Taction sued Apple in 2021 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. The company alleged that Apple was improperly "capitalizing on Taction's innovation and success" by selling devices that infringed on its vibration technology, according to the complaint. Apple initially won dismissal in 2023, and the Federal Circuit later revived the case....
Taction argued that Apple's "Taptic Engine," which is embedded in its Apple Watches and iPhones, uses its inventions without proper license or authority.
Taction's lead counsel told CNBC "Taction waited five and a half years for this case to get to trial, so it was a long time coming."
CNBC also reported that the jury "did not find Apple's infringement willful" — and that Apple said they'd appeal.
Taction argued that Apple's "Taptic Engine," which is embedded in its Apple Watches and iPhones, uses its inventions without proper license or authority.
Taction's lead counsel told CNBC "Taction waited five and a half years for this case to get to trial, so it was a long time coming."
CNBC also reported that the jury "did not find Apple's infringement willful" — and that Apple said they'd appeal.
haptics history (Score:2)
Taction Technology is a San Diego-based audio technology company that was founded and incorporated around 2014. The Patents Involved in the Apple LawsuitThe high-profile patent infringement lawsuit centers on tactile transducer technology (utilizing dampening systems, magnets, and ferrofluid to handle low-frequency audio and haptic feedback). The foundational patents were created, filed, and issued within the following timeframes: U.S. Patent No. 10,659,885 ("Systems and methods for generating damped elec
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Taction / Taptics typos, sorry. I just got carried away because patent trolls suck.
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Taction probably is a troll, but ever since Apple sued Samsung for round corners design patent infringement, I figure that made Apple a patent troll too, and every patent fight they lose is karma. I'm on Taction's side for that reason alone.
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And let the ignorance of the rounded corners patent show.
The rounded corners patent was a design patent. The Taction patent is a utility patent. If you don't know the difference, well, a utility patent is on something the thing does. A design patent is on something it lo
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That's nothing (Score:2)
My cousin, who is a prof at a rather well-known higher education institution in pensylvania, still hasn't filed his patent infringment lawsuit against tech giants, car manufacturers and pretty much everyone else for using his invention without permission for - wait for it - being too ashamed that it would bring undue attention and unwanted public spotlight burden on said higher education institution! The invention is used by pretty much everyone every day, be it at home, in a car or on foot. So apple, pay t
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Considering he filed and obtained the patent, instead of file-and-abandon which secure it in prior art, I find it hard to believe they don't want to pursue commercial interest .. but OK.
I guess you can't tell us which patent because it would be like doxxing him.