Apple hit with $5.7 billion in damages over haptic patents

苹果因触觉反馈专利被判赔偿 57 亿美元

Apple’s Taptic Engine was found to infringe on two of Taction’s patents. 苹果的 Taptic Engine 被认定侵犯了 Taction 公司的两项专利。

Haptics tech company Taction sued Apple in 2021, alleging it infringed two of its patents. Now a federal jury in San Diego has awarded Taction over $5.7 billion in damages. 触觉技术公司 Taction 于 2021 年起诉苹果公司，指控其侵犯了该公司的两项专利。近日，圣地亚哥的一个联邦陪审团裁定苹果需向 Taction 赔偿超过 57 亿美元。

According to CNBC, “The lawsuit centered around U.S. Patent Nos. 10,659,885 and 10,820,117, which both involve vibration-based, tactile transducer technology that helps users feel a device responding to their input.” 据 CNBC 报道：“该诉讼的核心围绕美国专利号 10,659,885 和 10,820,117，这两项专利均涉及基于振动的触觉传感器技术，旨在帮助用户感知设备对其输入的反馈。”

Taction argued that Apple’s Taptic Engine in its Apple Watches and iPhones used technology that it had developed without a proper license, and the jury agreed. It found that Apple had infringed on two claims in one patent and one in the other. Taction 主张，苹果在 Apple Watch 和 iPhone 中使用的 Taptic Engine 技术是在未经合法授权的情况下开发的，陪审团对此表示认同。陪审团认定苹果侵犯了其中一项专利的两项权利要求，以及另一项专利的一项权利要求。

However, the jury did not find that Apple willfully infringed. Taction had accused Apple of reverse-engineering the tech from two Kannon gaming headsets. 不过，陪审团并未认定苹果存在故意侵权行为。此前，Taction 曾指控苹果通过对两款 Kannon 游戏耳机进行逆向工程来获取该技术。

Apple has said that it intends to appeal the decision. We’ve reached out for additional comment and will update the story if and when we hear back. 苹果公司表示打算对该裁决提出上诉。我们已联系苹果寻求进一步评论，如有回复，我们将更新报道。