AI Regulation
xAI Lost Its OpenAI Trade Secrets Case, Then Appealed
A 56-page opening brief landed at the Ninth Circuit on Monday. Its own jurisdictional statement contains the fact that most coverage of this fight has never carried.
6d ago
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Legal AI
Ex-Google Engineer Lost 7 Espionage Counts, But 7 Theft Stand
This was not an appeal and not an acquittal on the taking. The trial judge found the government never proved the China element.
Aug 21, 2026
Apple AI
Apple Named 11 More Ex-Employees and Sought an Injunction
Both moves landed on 4 August. Apple filed for a preliminary injunction and expedited discovery; OpenAI published private message logs in a post on its own website. No court has ruled on anything.
Aug 4, 2026
Apple AI
Apple Widens Its OpenAI Trade-Secrets Fight With Letters to Dozens of Former Staff
The Financial Times reports Apple sent document-preservation notices to about 40 ex-employees now at OpenAI, a sign it believes alleged secret-stealing runs deeper than its lawsuit first named.
Jul 18, 2026
Apple AI
OpenAI Pushes Back on Apple's Trade-Secret Lawsuit
Four days after Apple sued over its screenless AI device, OpenAI publicly denied the complaint has merit — a suit that names hardware chief Tang Tan and accuses him of steering Apple secrets toward OpenAI.
Jul 15, 2026
AI Regulation
xAI Appeals Its Dismissed OpenAI Trade-Secret Suit as OpenAI Seeks $1M in Sanctions
A federal judge twice threw out Elon Musk's claim that OpenAI poached engineers to steal secrets; now xAI is taking it to the Ninth Circuit while OpenAI asks the court to declare the case should never have been filed.
Jul 14, 2026
OpenAI
Apple Sues OpenAI, Alleging a 'Show and Tell' Scheme to Steal Secrets for AI Hardware
The two companies partnered on Siri barely a year ago. Now Apple accuses OpenAI's chief hardware officer and a departed engineer of hauling confidential iPhone-maker know-how to the startup's device push.
Jul 11, 2026
