Claims extracted
20
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
0%
0 of 20 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
72/100
BBC News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
3
Technology
Same framing elsewhere
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
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Apple has been ordered to pay $5.7bn (£4.3bn) in damages after a US jury found it had used another firm's tech without permission.
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it → publish → permission
Audio firm Taction Technology claimed in 2021 that Apple had infringed two of its patents for haptics systems, which enable vibrations for actions such as receiving a message or pressing a button.
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which → claim → button
This tech is built into devices like the iPhone and Apple Watch.
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tech → build → iPhone
Apple has been approached for comment.
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Apple → approach → comment
In a statement given to news outlets including CNBC, external, the company said it had not used Taction's vibration tech and would appeal the verdict.
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it → give → verdict
"While we thank the jury for their consideration, we strongly disagree with today's verdict and the damages awarded, which are entirely unsupported by the facts," Apple said.
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Apple → thank → facts
"Apple's Taptic Engine is fundamentally different from Taction's technology, which Taction's own testing of Apple's products confirmed during trial.
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testing → confirm → trial
Haptics allow people to interact with devices by simulating the sense of touch or feel through vibrations.
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people → allow → vibrations
They have become a hallmark of modern devices, with smartphones, watches and video game controllers among those containing small motors that move in response to specific electronic signals.
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that → become → signals
Apple's "Taptic Engine" system - enabling haptic feedback in its devices - first debuted with the Apple Watch in 2014.
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system → enable → 2014
Since then, it has improved its underlying system, and with that expanded haptics in its devices.
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haptics → improve → devices
Taction, which makes headphones and gaming headsets, claimed in 2021 that these improvements infringed patents it was issued in 2020.
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it → make → 2020
It wrote in its complaint, external that by producing better haptic vibrations in its devices, Apple had been able to improve its overall user experience.
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Apple → write → experience
As such, the tech giant had been "capitalising on Taction's innovation and success by selling devices that infringe [its] patents", Taction said.
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Taction → capitalise → patents
It also accused Apple of using its inventions "without license or authority".
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It → accuse → license
A San Diego judge ruled in 2023 that Apple did not infringe upon Taction's patents.
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Apple → rule → patents
However, an appeal was subsequently taken up by a federal appeal circuit - resulting in a September jury trial at the US District Court for the Southern District of California which found in its favour.
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which → take → favour
In Friday's verdict, external, jurors did not find that Apple had infringed the patents in question willingly.
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Apple → find → question
It marks one of many similar lawsuits the tech giant has defended itself against in recent years.
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giant → mark → years
In November 2025 a judge ordered Apple to pay $634m, external to medical tech firm Masimo after a jury found it had infringed a patent for blood-oxygen reading tech.
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it → order → tech
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