Context: On September 25, 2026, a jury in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California found that Apple’s Taptic Engine infringed three claims of two patents held by Taction Technology, which is funded by Burford Capital. It awarded $5,721,961,750 in damages (September 26, 2026 ip fray article). The jury rejected Apple’s invalidity defenses and found no willful infringement. Florian Mueller also discussed the verdict in an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (September 29, 2026, BBC interview)
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Court and counsel
Presiding judge: United States District Judge Todd Wallace Robinson. Magistrate judge: Jill L. Burkhardt.
Counsel for Taction: Quinn Emanuel’s Sean Pak, Tigran Guledjian, Lance Yang, Scott L. Watson, and Nagendra (Nick) Setty.
Counsel for Apple: Fish & Richardson’s Roger A. Denning, Christopher S. Marchese, Seth M. Sproul, John W. Thornburgh, Ryan P. O’Connor, Joy B. Kete, Tyler R. Train, Madelyn S. McCormick, Qiuyi Wu, and Jacqueline Tio; as well as Orrick’s Jeff Quilici.