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  "id": 14293604,
  "title": "Apple wins early access to OpenAI documents and employee testimony in trade secrets lawsuit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/apple-wins-early-access-to-openai-documents-and-employee-testimony-in",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-13T20:45:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "9to5Mac",
    "slug": "9to5mac",
    "url": "https://9to5mac.com/2026/10/13/apple-wins-early-access-to-openai-documents-and-employee-testimony-in-trade-secrets-lawsuit/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In a recent trade secrets lawsuit, Apple was granted early access to documents and testimony from former employees, OpenAI, and io Products, according to Judge Edward Davila. The lawsuit was initiated by Apple against former employees Chang Liu and Tang Tan, along with OpenAI and io Products. Apple claims that Liu and Tan improperly accessed or used confidential information about Apple's products and technologies to aid OpenAI's consumer hardware development efforts. They also allege that the defendants obtained information from other Apple employees during recruitment interviews. Apple sought a preliminary injunction to prevent further embedding of the alleged trade secrets in the defendants' hardware development and expedited discovery to gain early access to internal documents, forensic evidence, and testimony from OpenAI employees. Judge Davila granted most of Apple's requests but rejected the expedited access to certain OpenAI research and development documents, stating they would be addressed through regular discovery. The judge also postponed decisions on \"Apple Originated Information\" and the impact of expedited depositions on discovery limits.",
  "summary": "Judge Edward Davila today granted some of Apple’s requests for expedited discovery in its trade secrets lawsuit against former employees, OpenAI, and io Products. Here are the details. more…",
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      {
        "outlet": "TechCrunch",
        "title": "Judge orders OpenAI to turn over hiring records in Apple trade secrets case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/judge-orders-openai-to-turn-over-hiring-records-in-apple-trade",
        "published": "2026-10-13T20:36:44.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "DW English (Top Stories)",
        "title": "OpenAI says employee caught planting listening device",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/openai-says-employee-caught-planting-listening-device",
        "published": "2026-10-13T21:24:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Apple v. OpenAI: a US judge partly grants Apple's motion for expedited discovery, ordering OpenAI to hand over forensic images of devices and other documents (Annelise Levy/Bloomberg Law)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/apple-v-openai-a-us-judge-partly-grants-apples-motion-for-expedited",
        "published": "2026-10-13T21:26:05.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "AppleInsider",
        "title": "Apple will get some OpenAI documents, but not everything it asked for in court",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/apple-will-get-some-openai-documents-but-not-everything-it-asked-for",
        "published": "2026-10-13T22:14:52.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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