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Apple is asking a federal judge to overturn a $5.7 billion verdict in a patent infringement lawsuit brought by Taction Technology over the Taptic Engine used in iPhones and Apple Watches. Here are the details.

Shares in litigation funder Burford Capital jumped more than 9% today as a result of Apple’s $5.7 billion verdict over Taptic Engine patent infringement. Here are the details.

Apple is currently on the hook for a record-breaking patent infringement case, after a federal jury decided that the iPhone maker has to pay more than $5.7 billion to Taction, a San Diego-based company that produces audio and gaming peripherals with haptic feedback. If the decision holds, it would be one of the largest patent…

Uncle Microsoft’s efforts to keep inventing the Torment Nexus proceed apace with a patent application for an in-game advertising system that might use machine learning to read your activities, and work out when you’ll be least apoplectic about being suddenly served a giant MacDonalds pop-up.