US JURY ORDERS APPLE TO PAY TACTION $5.7BN OVER IPHONE HAPTICS PATENTS

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Apple has been ordered to pay more than $5.7 billion to Taction Technology, a small haptics company, for infringing on two of its patents. The verdict is the largest patent award in US history. The jury found that Apple's Taptic Engine infringed on patents from Taction, but that Apple did not infringe on purpose. Apple has rejected the verdict and said it would appeal.