Chang Liu, Tang Tan, OpenAI, and io Products filed a new petition asking the court to dismiss Apple’s trade secret misappropriation complaint with prejudice. Here’s what that means.
A bit of context
A few weeks ago, Apple filed a lawsuit accusing two former employees of trade secret misappropriation.
The lawsuit, which also includes OpenAI and Jony Ive’s io Products, claims that Chang Liu and Tang Tan took or accessed confidential Apple information after leaving the company, and that they coached prospective hires on how to avoid triggering Apple’s security systems while taking company information with them.
Apple has also been seeking a preliminary injunction to stop OpenAI and the other defendants from accessing, using, or disclosing Apple’s alleged proprietary information while the case proceeds, as well as expedited discovery to more quickly determine the scope of the alleged misappropriation (which would in turn also inform the scope of the injunction).
