News Summary

• A federal jury in San Diego has ordered Apple to pay more than $5.7bn to Taction Technology, a small haptics company.
• The verdict came on Friday, 25 September, and is the largest patent award in US history.
• The case centres on Apple’s Taptic Engine, the part that makes iPhones and Apple Watches tap and vibrate for alerts and button presses.
• The jury found that it infringed claims in both patents, which cover ways of producing vibrations a user can feel.