Intellectual Property
Oct. 15, 2026
Apple challenges record patent award as jury guesswork
Apple argues that a San Diego jury's $5.7 billion patent infringement award to Taction Technology was unsupported by damages evidence and asks a federal judge to overturn the verdict or order a new trial.
Attorneys for Apple Inc. have filed a motion seeking to overturn a San Diego jury's record-setting patent infringement verdict, arguing that plaintiff Taction Technology Inc. was entitled to no damages.
"The jury's award of $5.7 billion in damages -- the largest patent verdict in history, by more than $3 billion -- is untethered to any evidence at all," wrote Fish & Richardson PC principal Roger A. Denning, who represents the Cupertino technology giant in the ...
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