Apple, OpenAI trade secret fight intensifies over expert testimony
Apple filed a 126-page reply with expert declarations in its trade secret suit against OpenAI and io Products, while defendants move to strike two experts.
Apple has filed a reply brief in its trade secret misappropriation lawsuit against OpenAI, io Products, and former employees Chang Liu and Tang Tan, escalating a dispute over expert testimony. The filing includes five expert declarations totaling 126 pages and 13 exhibits, according to 9to5mac.com.
Apple alleges Liu accessed confidential engineering files after leaving the company, and that Tan sought confidential information from Apple employees interviewing for jobs. Apple is requesting a preliminary injunction to bar the defendants from accessing or using its confidential information.
The expert declarations came from Daniel Roffman, James Pooley, Ayman Fayed, Paul Hatch, and Jude Runge. OpenAI and the other defendants responded with a motion asking the court to strike two of those declarations and disregard other evidence.
Defendants argue Apple introduced new evidence and expert opinions in its reply brief that could have been presented earlier. They claim Runge was brought in as a new expert to reinforce prior testimony, and that Pooley relied on an investigation conducted after Apple filed its original motion.
If the court considers Roffman's declaration and exhibits, the defendants ask it to also consider a new declaration from Liu.
Quick answers
Who is suing whom in this trade secret case?
Apple filed a trade secret misappropriation lawsuit against OpenAI, io Products, and former employees Chang Liu and Tang Tan.
What is Apple asking the court to do?
Apple requested a preliminary injunction barring the defendants from accessing or using its confidential information.
What are the defendants asking the court to strike?
OpenAI and other defendants filed a motion to strike two expert declarations and disregard other evidence, arguing Apple introduced new evidence and opinions in its reply brief.