Apple sues OpenAI, former employees over alleged intellectual property theft
today sued OpenAI Group PBC for allegedly stealing intellectual property related to its consumer devices. The iPhone maker filed the complaint with the U. District Court for the Northern District of California.
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- SiliconANGLE UPDATED 21:22 EDT / JULY 10 2026 AI Apple sues OpenAI, former employees over alleged intellectual property theft by Maria Deutscher Apple Inc.
OpenAI entered the consumer electronics market last year when it bought io Products Inc.
- The ChatGPT developer allegedly also asked some Apple staffers to share engineering methodologies.
One of the individuals allegedly involved in the effort is io Products co-founder Tang Tan, who is named as a defendant in the lawsuit.
- The other individual that the lawsuit names as a defendant is Chang Liu, a former Apple engineer who joined OpenAI this year.
The iPhone maker alleges that Liu failed to return a work laptop after his departure.
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" The lawsuit is particularly notable because Apple inked a software partnership with OpenAI in June 2024, a year before the io Products acquisition.
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- #SiliconANGLE UPDATED 21:22 EDT / JULY 10 2026 AI Apple sues OpenAI, former employees over alleged intellectual property theft by Maria Deutscher Apple Inc.
- #The company has reportedly hired more than 400 former Apple employees to support its hardware push.
- #" The lawsuit is particularly notable because Apple inked a software partnership with OpenAI in June 2024, a year before the io Products acquisition.
SiliconANGLE UPDATED 21:22 EDT / JULY 10 2026 AI Apple sues OpenAI, former employees over alleged intellectual property theft by Maria Deutscher Apple Inc. today sued OpenAI Group PBC for allegedly stealing intellectual property related to its consumer devices. The iPhone maker filed the complaint with the U.
The Information reported in February that the ChatGPT developer was working on a smart speaker and smart glasses. Additionally, it's believed that OpenAI could launch a smart lamp with artificial intelligence features. The company has reportedly hired more than 400 former Apple employees to support its hardware push.
According to today's lawsuit, OpenAI has been instructing candidates to bring blueprints and device prototypes from the iPhone maker to interviews. The ChatGPT developer allegedly also asked some Apple staffers to share engineering methodologies. One of the individuals allegedly involved in the effort is io Products co-founder Tang Tan, who is named as a defendant in the lawsuit.
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