OpenAI and the other defendants in Apple’s trade secret misappropriation lawsuit made a new filing, asking the court to strike two expert declarations and disregard other evidence Apple recently submitted. Here are the details.

As frequent 9to5Mac readers probably know, Apple recently filed a trade secret theft lawsuit against OpenAI, Jony Ive’s io Products, and two former employees: Chang Liu and Tang Tan.

In a nutshell, Apple is accusing its former employees of taking or accessing confidential hardware information after leaving the company and using it to benefit OpenAI’s consumer hardware efforts.

Apple has specifically alleged that Chang Liu accessed confidential engineering files after leaving Apple, while alleging that Tang Tan sought confidential information from Apple employees interviewing for jobs.

As part of the lawsuit, Apple has asked the court to issue a preliminary injunction barring OpenAI and the other defendants from accessing, using, disclosing, or soliciting Apple’s confidential information and trade secrets.

According to Apple, the injunction would prevent its trade secrets from becoming further embedded in OpenAI’s hardware development while the case plays out.

As part of the legal back-and-forth over its motion for this preliminary injunction, Apple last week filed a reply brief supported by five expert declarations totaling 126 pages, along with 13 exhibits. The experts were Daniel Roffman, James Pooley, Dr. Ayman Fayed, Dr. Paul Hatch, and Dr. Jude Runge.

In these documents, Apple argued that OpenAI’s opposition failed to undermine its trade secret claims, and pointed to additional evidence that it says supports its allegations against Liu, Tan, OpenAI, and io Products.

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