Apple Inc. filed a civil lawsuit on July 10, 2026, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (San Jose Division, Case No. 5:26-cv-07078), targeting OpenAI and two former Apple executives over alleged trade secret misappropriation and breach of contract. Named defendants include Tang Yew Tan (Tang Tan), the former VP of Product Design who led iPhone and Apple Watch design for 24 years; Chang Liu, a former Senior System Electrical Engineer on iPhone; and OpenAI Foundation / OpenAI Group PBC and io Products, LLC. The claims rest on the Trade Secret Misappropriation provisions of the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) and on breach of the Intellectual Property Agreement (IPA) signed at hiring.
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