Taction Technology, the company that won a $5.7 billion jury verdict against Apple over the Taptic Engine, is now asking the court to make Apple pay for future sales as well, according to a report from 9to5Mac that cites a filing first spotted by Reuters.
What Taction is asking for
The verdict covered iPhone and Apple Watch sales only through March 2026. In its new motion, Taction wants supplemental damages for roughly six further months of sales, plus ongoing royalties on future iPhone and Apple Watch sales until the two patents at issue expire on September 24, 2035.
The company also wants those royalties to reach newer hardware. Per the report, the filing names the iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4, arguing they are "not more than colorably different" from the products the jury found to infringe. Taction further asks for prejudgment interest dating back to April 2021 at a proposed 7 percent annual rate under California law, along with quarterly U.S. sales reports from Apple and payment within 30 days of each quarter's end.
Taction leans in part on Apple's own words. The filing reportedly quotes Apple's argument in earlier litigation with Samsung that ongoing royalties can extend beyond the specific products a jury found to infringe.
Apple's position
Apple has strongly disputed the verdict, saying its technology is fundamentally different from Taction's, and has said it will appeal. In a post-trial motion, it asked the court to overturn the verdict or order a new trial, arguing that Taction offered no evidence to support the $5.7 billion figure and left jurors to engage in "impermissible guesswork on a massive scale."
Where things stand
The judge has not yet entered the jury's verdict as a final judgment. That means the $5.7 billion award, Taction's new demands and Apple's challenge all remain unresolved, and nothing in the filing is a ruling. Taction's requests are its own proposals; the court may accept, reduce or reject any of them, and an appeal could follow whatever the outcome.
The case matters beyond the headline figure because the Taptic Engine sits at the heart of how modern iPhones and Apple Watch models deliver haptic feedback. A ruling that extended royalties to current and future models would affect how the dispute is priced for years, which is why the question of which products count as "colorably different" is likely to be closely watched.
We will update this story as the court responds.
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