--- title: OpenAI tells the court Apple’s trade-secret case is “a... description: OpenAI filed a court response to Apple's trade-secret lawsuit, arguing the dispute is 'a mess of Apple's own making' rather than evidence of theft. OpenAI... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/openai-tells-the-court-apple-s-trade-secret-case-is-a-mess-of-apple-s-own-making--xkuc5j3ot twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: OpenAI tells the court Apple’s trade-secret case is “a mess of Apple’s own making” | daily.dev og:description: OpenAI filed a court response to Apple's trade-secret lawsuit, arguing the dispute is 'a mess of Apple's own making' rather than evidence of theft. OpenAI... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/openai-tells-the-court-apple-s-trade-secret-case-is-a-mess-of-apple-s-own-making--xkuc5j3ot og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/xkuc5J3ot.png og:image:alt: OpenAI tells the court Apple’s trade-secret case is “a mess of Apple’s own making” og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # OpenAI tells the court Apple’s trade-secret case is “a mess of Apple’s own making” **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary OpenAI filed a court response to Apple's trade-secret lawsuit, arguing the dispute is 'a mess of Apple's own making' rather than evidence of theft. OpenAI contends that Apple's own policies—encouraging personal iCloud use for work and monitoring personal messages on company devices—blurred the line between corporate and personal data, making any information found in personal accounts a predictable outcome rather than proof of deliberate misappropriation. The underlying case involves Apple accusing departing hardware engineers of taking prototype designs to OpenAI, which is building AI-native hardware devices under Greg Brockman. Apple has also sought a preliminary injunction restricting OpenAI's access to the disputed material. The fight is unfolding amid a broader battle for hardware talent, complicated by California's unenforceable non-compete laws, and comes as the lawsuit is reportedly delaying OpenAI's hardware program ahead of a potential public listing. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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