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 two Taction Technology patents and awarded it $5,721,961,750 in damages (September 26, 2026 ip fray article). Apple has since asked the court to wipe out the verdict or order a new trial, and Taction’s response to that motion is due November 3, 2026 (October 15, 2026 ip fray article).
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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.