Taction Seeks Apple iPhone and Watch Royalties Through 2035 After $5.7B Verdict

Taction Technology has filed a court motion seeking ongoing royalties on future US iPhone and Apple Watch sales through September 24, 2035, following last month's $5.7B patent infringement jury verdict against Apple $AAPL. The filing requests supplemental damages for six months of device sales after March 2026, a 7% annual rate for prejudgment interest dating back to April 2021 under California law, and quarterly US sales reports with payments due within 30 days of each quarter's end. Taction cited Apple's own prior patent litigation arguments against Samsung to request that royalties extend to newer devices—including the iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, Apple Watch Series 12, and Apple Watch Ultra 4—alleging they are not more than colorably different from the infringing products. The judge has not yet entered the $5.7B jury verdict as a final judgment, leaving both Taction's royalty demands and Apple's pending motion to overturn the verdict or order a new trial unresolved. "As a patentee seeking ongoing royalties, Apple told the Northern District of California that 'any ongoing royalties extend not only to ongoing sales of products found to infringe by the jury, but also to products 'not more than colorably different' therefrom.'" — Taction Technology court filing