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Apple hit with $5.7 billion in damages over haptic patents

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What happened

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.

It found that Apple had infringed on two claims in one patent and one in the other. Taction argued that Apple's Taptic Engine in its Apple Watches and iPhones used technology that it had developed without a proper license, and the jury agreed.

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