Apple ordered to pay Taction Technology $5.7 billion in haptics patent case

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Apple has been ordered to pay Taction Technology $5.7 billion for violating haptics patents. The ruling addresses intellectual property claims related to haptic technology used in Apple's devices.

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This represents a significant financial liability for Apple and underscores the ongoing risks of patent litigation in the technology sector.

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The chart totals every SEC-reported transaction by month and share count, separating informative purchases and sales from non-informative awards, vesting, exercises, tax withholding and transfers. Records without a reported price remain included. Only informative purchases and sales affect the conservative sentiment signal.

Recent SEC-reported share and derivative transactions in Apple Inc..

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0 discretionary purchases · 0 discretionary sales

Confidence: Low

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Insiders	Activity	Description	Shares	Avg. price / share	Est. value	Trade date
SVP, GC and Government AffairsNewstead Jennifer	Non-informative sell	Common StockReported 10b5-1 plan (S)	2,399	$340.06	$815,804	Sep 22, 2026
SVP, GC and Government AffairsNewstead Jennifer	Non-informative sell	Common StockReported 10b5-1 plan (S)	1,438	$330.19	$474,813	Sep 15, 2026
SVP, GC and Government AffairsNewstead Jennifer	Non-informative buy	Common StockExercise or conversion; not an open-market trade (M)	30,104	—	—	Sep 15, 2026
SVP, GC and Government AffairsNewstead Jennifer	Non-informative sell	Common StockTax or exercise-price withholding (F)	16,228	—	—	Sep 15, 2026
SVP, GC and Government AffairsNewstead Jennifer	Non-informative sell	Common StockReported 10b5-1 plan (S)	1,438	$317.23	$456,177	Sep 8, 2026

As filed with the SEC. Estimated value is shown only for purchases or sales with a positive reported transaction price; awards, gifts and similar activity are not assigned an assumed market value. Amendments may change the record. This is not investment advice.

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Open short positions reported twice monthly; this is not daily short-sale volume.

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Owner	Activity	Change	Shares held	Value (thousands)	Reported
Vanguard Group Inc	Buy	26,856,752 (1.919%)	1,426,283,914	$486,462,655	12/31/2025
Blackrock, Inc.	Buy	18,301,514 (1.599%)	1,162,996,939	$396,663,366	6/30/2026
Vanguard Capital Management Llc	Buy	5,260,263 (0.551%)	959,107,911	$327,122,935	6/30/2026
State Street Corp	Buy	12,788,520 (2.123%)	615,129,929	$209,802,365	6/30/2026
Geode Capital Management, Llc	Buy	2,719,589 (0.738%)	371,336,543	$126,651,755	6/30/2026
Vanguard Portfolio Management Llc	Buy	2,682,101 (0.809%)	334,119,156	$113,958,021	6/30/2026
Fmr Llc	Buy	17,906,714 (5.824%)	325,348,754	$110,966,700	6/30/2026
Morgan Stanley	Sell	-1,860,484 (-0.761%)	242,614,238	$82,748,438	6/30/2026
Jpmorgan Chase & Co	Sell	-2,860,133 (-1.235%)	228,762,008	$78,023,858	6/30/2026
Berkshire Hathaway Inc	Unchanged	0 (0%)	227,917,808	$77,735,927	6/30/2026
Norges Bank	Sell	-1,528,220 (-0.795%)	190,726,866	$65,051,212	6/30/2026
Invesco Ltd.	Buy	3,463,897 (1.877%)	187,965,529	$64,109,403	6/30/2026

Settlement date	Short interest	Avg. daily volume	Change vs. previous report	Days to cover
Sep 15, 2026	128,753,092	45,135,477	-7.87%	2.85
Aug 31, 2026	139,749,097	39,537,335	+20.13%	3.53
Aug 14, 2026	116,327,753	46,065,396	-17.85%	2.53
Jul 31, 2026	141,606,163	58,400,983	-3.37%	2.42
Jul 15, 2026	146,547,784	47,952,794	+4.28%	3.06
Jun 30, 2026	140,526,320	81,121,306	-2.58%	1.73
Jun 15, 2026	144,248,476	52,343,843	-7.47%	2.76
May 29, 2026	155,886,024	46,064,146	—	3.38

Fiscal quarter	Reported	EPS	Consensus	Surprise
Jun 2026	Jul 30, 2026	1.91	1.88	+1.6%
Mar 2026	Apr 30, 2026	2.01	1.92	+4.69%
Dec 2025	Jan 29, 2026	2.84	2.65	+7.17%
Sep 2025	Oct 30, 2025	1.85	1.73	+6.94%

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