Apple's haptic feedback $5.7B trial loss likely to get pared way back
News Apple's haptic feedback $5.7B trial loss likely to get pared way back William Gallagher 0 e-mail BlueSky Mastodon X Facebook Reddit Tue Sep 29 2026, 07:29 AM EDT · 1 minute read Inside a haptic engine - image credit: Taptic Technology. Lawyers for the winning side, Taction Technology, say that they expect Apple to negotiate the loss down and so also cut back the law firm's profits. Apple was found guilty of infringing the patents of Taction Technology in its Taptic Engine, as used in the Apple Watch and many more devices, with a jury awarding damages of over $5.7 billion.
- ▪News Apple's haptic feedback $5.7B trial loss likely to get pared way back William Gallagher 0 e-mail BlueSky Mastodon X Facebook Reddit Tue Sep 29 2026, 07:29 AM EDT · 1 minute read Inside a haptic engine - image credit: Taptic Technology.
- ▪Lawyers for the winning side, Taction Technology, say that they expect Apple to negotiate the loss down and so also cut back the law firm's profits.
- ▪Apple was found guilty of infringing the patents of Taction Technology in its Taptic Engine, as used in the Apple Watch and many more devices, with a jury awarding damages of over $5.7 billion.
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News Apple's haptic feedback $5.7B trial loss likely to get pared way back William Gallagher 0 e-mail BlueSky Mastodon X Facebook Reddit Tue Sep 29 2026, 07:29 AM EDT · 1 minute read Inside a haptic engine - image credit: Taptic Technology. Lawyers for the winning side, Taction Technology, say that they expect Apple to negotiate the loss down and so also cut back the law firm's profits. How terrible for them. Apple was found guilty of infringing the patents of Taction Technology in its Taptic Engine, as used in the Apple Watch and many more devices, with a jury awarding damages of over $5.7 billion. In case anyone thought the lawyers did this one pro bono, legal firm Burford Capital says that it ought to be paid $1.4 billion.
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