Apple Beats Infringement Suit Over Touch Technology in Devices

Apple Inc. successfully staved off a patent infringement suit by Taction Technology Inc. over the touch technology in iPhones and Apple Watches.

Apple is entitled to summary judgment on its non-infringement claim because Taction’s expert report improperly asserted a new theory of infringement that was “materially different from what was presented in Taction’s final infringement contentions” and the report must be stricken from the record, the opinion by Judge Todd W. Robinson of the US District Court for the Southern District of California said Friday. Once the report was stricken, Taction had “no viable claim of infringement,” Robinson said.

Taction’s ...