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Tag: trade secrets

Apple’s lawsuit against OpenAI could derail the AI giant’s hardware ambitions to challenge the iPhone

Monday, July 13, 2026 9:13 am1 Comment

Apple’s aggressive lawsuit accusing OpenAI of systematically stealing its intellectual property poses a significant threat to the AI…

Apple sues OpenAI, alleging theft of trade secrets to fuel hardware ambitions

Friday, July 10, 2026 5:29 pm5 Comments

Apple has filed a civil lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing the AI powerhouse of stealing confidential information from former Apple employees…

Apple’s aggressive crackdown on iPhone 18 Pro leaks sparks conspiracy theories and highlights supply chain vulnerabilities

Wednesday, July 1, 2026 10:00 amWednesday, July 1, 2026No Comments

Videos purportedly showing the iPhone 18 Pro have vanished from social media platforms almost as quickly as they appeared. Apple seems…

Lawsuit accuses Apple of stealing trade secrets to create Apple Pay

Friday, August 8, 2025 8:58 am2 Comments

A Texas company, Fintiv, has filed a lawsuit against Apple, alleging the tech giant stole its technology to develop Apple Pay. In a complaint…

Apple sues leaker Jon Prosser, accuses him of stealing iOS 26 trade secrets

Friday, July 18, 2025 9:41 amNo Comments

Apple has filed a lawsuit against prominent leaker Jon Prosser, accusing him of stealing trade secrets related to iOS 26. The company…

Apple files lawsuit accusing former employee of stealing Vision Pro trade secrets

Tuesday, July 1, 2025 3:30 pmNo Comments

Apple has filed a lawsuit against former employee Di Liu, accusing him of stealing proprietary information related to its Vision Pro headset…

US DOJ charges Chinese national with stealing Google AI trade secrets

Wednesday, March 6, 2024 5:06 pm3 Comments

A Chinese software engineer working for Alphabet-subsidiary Google was charged by the U.S. Justice Department with stealing trade secrets for…

Former Apple engineer who stole Project Titan trade secrets sentenced to 120 days in prison

Friday, February 9, 2024 3:05 pmFriday, February 9, 20243 Comments

Xiaolang Zhang, a former Apple engineer who pled guilty to stealing Project Titan trade secrets, was this week sentenced to 120 days…

Apple’s chip trade-secrets lawsuit against startup Rivos can proceed, judge rules

Friday, August 11, 2023 5:29 pm5 Comments

A federal judge in California has allowed Apple’s lawsuit against startup Rivos Inc. to proceed, alleging that Rivos poached Apple engineers…

U.S. DOJ charges Apple ex-employee for attempting to steal technology, fleeing to China

Tuesday, May 16, 2023 2:02 pmTuesday, May 16, 20238 Comments

The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday said it has charged a former Apple engineer with attempting to steal the firm’s technology related to…

Apple catches prolific leaker ‘Analyst941,’ fires his sister

Thursday, May 11, 2023 11:13 amThursday, May 11, 202311 Comments

Apple has identified Twitter user @analyst941 (and his sister, who is now an ex-Apple employee), who has of late been revealing information…

Chinese national admits to stealing Apple autonomous vehicle trade secrets

Tuesday, August 23, 2022 9:28 am7 Comments

A former Apple engineer on Monday pled guilty to criminal charges that he stole the company’s proprietary intellectual property before…

Apple sues chip startup Rivos alleging employee poaching, trade secret theft

Monday, May 2, 2022 3:09 pmNo Comments

Apple has filed a lawsuit against chip startup Rivos, alleging the firm not only poached Apple employees, but also stole trade secrets …

Apple has ‘deep concerns’ that ex-employees accused of stealing trade secrets will flee to China

Tuesday, December 10, 2019 8:58 am10 Comments

Apple Inc on Monday told a federal court it has “deep concerns” that two Chinese-born former employees accused of stealing trade secrets…

U.S. says accused thief of Apple secrets had a classified Patriot missile file

Monday, December 9, 2019 1:00 pm5 Comments

When U.S. prosecutors charged an Apple Inc. engineer, Jizhong Chen, in January with stealing trade secrets for a Chinese startup

Huawei tried to copy Apple Watch heart rate sensor by asking Apple supplier to share secrets

Monday, February 18, 2019 2:25 pmMonday, February 18, 201941 Comments

The site details a few purported anecdotes of Huawei trying to steal Apple trade secrets…

FBI filing reveals steps taken to protect Apple secrets

Monday, February 4, 2019 11:01 amMonday, February 4, 20192 Comments

“We learned last week that a second Apple employee has been accused of stealing trade secrets…

From corn to Apple: The cases behind the U.S.-China standoff

Thursday, January 31, 2019 4:01 pmThursday, January 31, 20193 Comments

To hear the Americans tell it, the Chinese have gone on a commercial crime spree, pilfering trade secrets…

Another Chinese national accused of stealing Apple autonomous vehicle trade secrets

Wednesday, January 30, 2019 2:30 pmWednesday, January 30, 20193 Comments

For the second time in six months, the FBI is accusing a Chinese national…

Apple inadvertently revealed its next big thing and it’s not what you think

Friday, July 20, 2018 10:31 am14 Comments

In court documents, it’s disclosed that 5,000 Apple employees are working on…

Former Apple employee pleads not guilty in trade secret case

Tuesday, July 17, 2018 11:00 amTuesday, July 17, 20186 Comments

A former Apple Inc employee pleaded not guilty on Monday after federal prosecutors filed an indictment…

Former Apple engineer faces up to 10 years in jail, $250,000 fine over the theft of autonomous vehicle secrets

Wednesday, July 11, 2018 4:41 pm9 Comments

A former Apple engineer stole secrets about the company’s self-driving car project…

Why Apple needs (but hates) to sue leakers

Wednesday, July 11, 2018 1:06 pm1 Comment

While Apple hates when people spill its secrets, it also hates having to go to court against leakers…

Criminal case reveals details of Apple’s self-driving car technology

Wednesday, July 11, 2018 10:41 am4 Comments

The criminal complaint filed Monday against an ex-Apple Inc employee for allegedly stealing self-driving…

China’s XMotors claims employee did not pass along Apple autonomous driving trade secrets

Wednesday, July 11, 2018 9:55 amWednesday, July 11, 201811 Comments

Chinese-owned electric vehicle firm XMotors said on Wednesday that there is no indication…

Former Apple employee charged with criminal theft of autonomous vehicle secrets

Tuesday, July 10, 2018 5:27 pmTuesday, July 10, 201816 Comments

U.S. authorities on Monday charged a former Apple Inc employee with theft of trade secrets…

TSMC sues former ex-employee over leaking trade secrets to Samsung

Monday, February 9, 2015 9:25 amMonday, February 9, 20154 Comments

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world’s largest chip foundry…

Australian teen Sonny Dickson tests Apple tolerance with new iPhone leaks

Thursday, September 5, 2013 8:53 am19 Comments

An Australian teenager who has built an online following by leaking pictures…

US court questions public interest scope in Apple secrecy hearing

Tuesday, March 26, 2013 7:01 pmTuesday, March 26, 20131 Comment

A federal appeals court aggressively questioned the scope of the public interest…

Obama admin pledges to pressure countries in bid to stop intellectual property thefts

Wednesday, February 20, 2013 4:02 pmWednesday, February 20, 201320 Comments

The U.S. will put diplomatic pressure on countries implicated in thefts of trade…

Apple’s struggle over leaks and security: Employees say leaks aren’t coming from inside Apple

Monday, October 22, 2012 2:02 pm33 Comments

When a surprising new product they have been toiling over in secrecy finally bursts into public view…

So much for ‘doubling down’ on secrecy: Why Apple can no longer manage to keep secrets

Friday, September 14, 2012 2:02 pmFriday, September 14, 201253 Comments

Just a few months after Tim Cook pledged to ‘double down’ on the company’s already tight secrecy…

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