OpenAI says it's very concerned that its trade secrets could help Apple's push into AI-enabled devices

In a legal filing, OpenAI said that in June a former employee sent hundreds of confidential files to themselves before ...

US sanctions 5 Chinese entities over ex-Google engineer’s AI trade secrets theft

Firms include Shanghai Zhisuan Technology, founded by former Google software engineer Ding Linwei, MiraclePlus and three ...

OpenAI Agrees Not to Use Apple Trade Secrets in Ongoing Lawsuit

OpenAI agreed not to use Apple's alleged trade secrets as a judge considered an injunction. Both companies are now raising ...

OpenAI Vows Not to Use Trade Secrets Allegedly Taken From Apple

OpenAI agreed not to use trade secrets that Apple Inc. claims were stolen by employees who defected from the iPhone maker to ...

OpenAI Turns the Tables on Apple in Legal Fight Over Trade Secrets

The two tech giants are headed to court this week after Apple originally sued OpenAI for allegedly stealing trade secrets ...
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Apple sues OpenAI alleging trade secret theft, says scheme was 'at every level'

Apple has sued OpenAI in federal court in Northern California, alleging trade secret theft. The iPhone maker alleges that the AI lab took Apple's intellectual property in order to develop its own ...
CFO Dive

Flex files motion to dismiss trade secret suit against ex-CFO candidate

The payment company filed a motion to dismiss a pending suit alleging a former CFO candidate had misappropriated proprietary ...
JD Supra

Federal Trade Secret Plaintiffs Are Not Required to Identify Their Trade Secrets with Particularity Before Beginning Discovery, Says the Ninth Circuit

In a recent decision, Quintara Biosciences, Inc. v. Ruifeng Biztech Inc., No. 23-16093, 2025 WL 2315671 (9th Cir. Aug. 12, 2025), the Ninth Circuit found that a plaintiff bringing claims under the ...

Trade secret lawsuit on iPhone's anodization process now being appealed

Apple won against Envirodigm in a trade secret lawsuit surrounding iPhone's anodization process, but an appeal has revived ...
JD Supra

Protecting Trade Secrets: Tips for AI Companies

AI companies should familiarize themselves with trade secret law to safeguard their innovations. A company does not need to register a trade secret to invoke it in litigation, unlike other IP ...