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Apple Seeks Preliminary Injunction Against OpenAI in Trade Secrets Case

OpenAI denied Apple’s hardware trade-secret allegations and said it offered to work with the company to resolve the dispute.

  • Apple has asked a U.S. federal judge to issue a preliminary injunction preventing OpenAI and two former employees from accessing or using confidential trade secrets.
  • The legal motion expands upon an earlier lawsuit accusing OpenAI and its hardware collaborators of misappropriating proprietary designs to accelerate their own consumer devices.
  • Apple's filing also demands expedited discovery and sworn depositions from key individuals and corporate entities linked to the dispute.
  • OpenAI has strongly denied the accusations, stating publicly that the injunction request relies on false claims and that it possesses no interest in Apple's intellectual property.
  • The high-stakes legal battle highlights the escalating corporate rivalry between the two tech giants over next-generation artificial intelligence hardware.
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Apple asked a U.S. judge on Monday for a injunction prohibiting two former officials and OpenAI from accessing, acquiring, using or disclosing alleged confidential information as it unfolds its trade secret process. Last month, Apple moved an action against OpenAI and the two former officials — both currently working for OpenAI — alleging misappropriation of their trade secrets to benefit from ChatGPT's incursion into the consumer hardware marke…

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Reuters broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Tuesday, August 4, 2026.
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