OpenAI says Apple’s own security practices undermine its trade secrets case
OpenAI’s motion to dismiss Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit, along with newly filed exhibits, reveals the company’s legal defense strategy. This week, Apple asked the court to expedite discovery, saying its internal investigation indicates some additional former employees may have participated in, or witnessed, the alleged theft of trade secrets. In its motion, OpenAI argues that Apple allowed employees to use personal iCloud accounts for work and failed to properly revoke access after they left the company.
- ▪OpenAI’s motion to dismiss Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit, along with newly filed exhibits, reveals the company’s legal defense strategy.
- ▪This week, Apple asked the court to expedite discovery, saying its internal investigation indicates some additional former employees may have participated in, or witnessed, the alleged theft of trade secrets.
- ▪In its motion, OpenAI argues that Apple allowed employees to use personal iCloud accounts for work and failed to properly revoke access after they left the company.
12 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 2 days. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ OpenAI says Apple’s own security practices undermine its trade secrets case - TechCrunch — Google News
- ▪ Apple is taking OpenAI to court over alleged theft of trade secrets — ChatGPT maker suggests it doesn't want Cupertino's knowledge anyway — Tom's Hardware
- ▪ OpenAI says Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit is ‘rotten to its core’ — The Verge
- ▪ OpenAI files a motion to dismiss Apple's lawsuit accusing the AI company of stealing trade secrets, saying that the iPhone maker's allegations are meritless (Bloomberg) — Techmeme
- ▪ OpenAI Hits Back at Apple, Calls Lawsuit ‘Careless, Aggressive and Oddly Personal’ — CNET
- ▪ OpenAI: Here's What Apple's Trade Secret Theft Lawsuit Gets Wrong — PCMag
- ▪ OpenAI says Apple's trade secrets lawsuit is "aggressive and oddly personal" — Ars Technica
- ▪ OpenAI Posts Public Rebuttal to Apple's Trade Secrets Lawsuit — MacRumors
- ▪ New OpenAI post doesn't address Apple's IP theft claims at all — AppleInsider
- ▪ OpenAI says Apple 'is getting this wrong' after trade secret lawsuit — Engadget
- ▪ Apple is getting this wrong — OpenAI
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OpenAI’s motion to dismiss Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit, along with newly filed exhibits, reveals the company’s legal defense strategy. Rather than focusing on whether former Apple employees working at OpenAI had accessed certain information, the AI company argues that Apple’s own security practices and offboarding procedures weaken its claim that the information qualifies as legally protected “trade secrets.” Apple’s complaint, filed in July, accuses OpenAI of orchestrating a scheme to obtain confidential hardware information from former Apple engineers. This week, Apple asked the court to expedite discovery, saying its internal investigation indicates some additional former employees may have participated in, or witnessed, the alleged theft of trade secrets.
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