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Judge orders OpenAI to hand over interview/hiring materials in Apple trade-secrets suit
A U.S. judge ordered OpenAI to provide Apple with expedited access to hiring and interview materials related to former Apple employees who applied to OpenAI's consumer hardware and robotics teams, requiring five days for already-collected materials and 14 days for others. The court also cleared access to certain private LINE messages and depositions for three former Apple employees now at OpenAI, while denying some of Apple's broader expedited R&D discovery requests for now.
KEY POINTS
- judge ordered OpenAI to provide Apple with expedited access to hiring and interview materials related to former Apple employees who applied to OpenAI's consumer hardware and robotics teams, requiring five days for already-collected materials and 14 days for others.
- The court also cleared access to certain private LINE messages and depositions for three former Apple employees now at OpenAI, while denying some of Apple's broader expedited R&D discovery requests for now.
- The ruling gives Apple potentially key evidence about whether former employees brought Apple confidential information or coached others, affecting core trade-secrets claims and OpenAI's hardware efforts.
WHY IT MATTERS
The ruling gives Apple potentially key evidence about whether former employees brought Apple confidential information or coached others, affecting core trade-secrets claims and OpenAI's hardware efforts.