October 01, 2026
Taction Technology Inc. has secured the largest patent damages verdict in history with a $5.7 billion win against Apple Inc., but it may face an uphill battle to collect, since nearly every previous patent judgment over $1 billion was later reduced or overturned.
September 28, 2026
Friday's $5.7 billion verdict against Apple Inc. for infringing Taction Technology Inc.'s vibration technology patents is the largest in history, eclipsing many others that have been overturned, and filings by Apple preview its arguments for why this one should meet the same fate.
September 28, 2026
Burford Capital said it is entitled to $1.4 billion of last week's historic $5.7 billion patent infringement jury verdict against Apple, but the litigation funder cautioned Monday that the massive payday could still evaporate on appeal.
September 25, 2026
A California federal jury said Friday that Apple owes a staggering $5.7 billion to headphone-maker Taction Technology Inc. after finding the tech giant infringed a pair of Taction's vibration technology patents, issuing the largest patent verdict in U.S. history.
February 02, 2026
A California federal judge has allowed Apple to escape some patent claims brought by a company that accused the tech giant of infringing the business's vibration technology patents, letting Apple escape literal infringement allegations related to its "monolithic products."
October 18, 2023
A California federal judge has denied Apple its bid for roughly $5 million in attorney fees and expert costs following its recent defeat of a patent infringement suit brought by headphone maker Taction Technology Inc.
August 28, 2023
Apple Inc. has asked a California federal judge to award it roughly $5 million in attorney fees and expert costs following its recent defeat of a patent infringement suit brought by headphone maker Taction Technology Inc., arguing that Taction's "unreasonable" litigation tactics caused Apple to incur significant costs.
August 11, 2023
A California federal judge ruled Friday that Apple Inc. did not infringe two patents on technology for using vibrations to provide feedback to users of electronic devices, after discarding "improper" testimony by headphone maker Taction Technology Inc.'s expert witness.
July 19, 2023
A California federal judge said Tuesday that two litigation funders may have made misleading statements to the court about their relationship to a patent infringement suit against Apple Inc., and he ordered them to explain why they should not be sanctioned.