Taction Seeks More Damages After $5.7 Billion Apple Patent Verdict

Taction Technology has asked a federal judge to add damages and interest to its $5.7 billion patent verdict against Apple, potentially increasing the company's liability by hundreds of millions of dollars, according to Reuters.

In its October 16 motion, the haptics company said the jury's award covered sales from April 26, 2021, through March 28, 2026. It wants compensation for the roughly six months of iPhone and Apple Watch sales between that cutoff and the September verdict, using a per-unit royalty derived from the jury's award.

The request also seeks prejudgment interest at an annual rate of 7%, calculated from the royalties Taction says should have been paid since April 2021, plus interest after judgment. "The size of the jury's award is no reason to withhold interest," the company told the court. These are requested additions, not new sums the judge has ordered Apple to pay.

For future sales, the proposed royalty would run from September 26, 2026, through September 24, 2035, when the asserted patents expire. It would cover U.S. sales of products found to infringe and later models Taction argues are not materially different in the relevant features. Apple would provide quarterly sales reports and pay within 30 days of each quarter's end. The requested per-device rates are redacted in the public filing.

The newer devices named in the motion are the iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, Apple Watch Series 12 in both sizes, and Apple Watch Ultra 4. Taction says its expert's teardowns and testing show that they retain the patented features. To support extending royalties to those models, the company cites Apple's own arguments for covering newer products in its earlier patent litigation against Samsung.

Apple denies wrongdoing and has asked the court to overturn the verdict. The company has also said it will appeal, maintaining that its Taptic Engine technology is fundamentally different from Taction's. The additional payment requests arrive while that challenge remains unresolved.

A California jury awarded Taction $5,721,961,750 in September after finding infringement of three claims across two haptic technology patents. Jurors rejected Apple's invalidity arguments but did not find willful infringement.

The case began in 2021. A judge initially granted Apple summary judgment of noninfringement in 2023, but the Federal Circuit vacated that decision in August 2025 and sent the dispute back for further proceedings. The litigation is pending in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.