In the ongoing legal battle between Apple and tech commentator Jon Prosser, Apple appears to have secured a default against Prosser after asserting he failed to respond to a longstanding trade-secrets complaint, The Verge is reporting.
At the same time, however, Prosser is disputing the narrative, insisting he has maintained communications with Apple about the matter.
According to court filings made by Apple, the company alleges it served Prosser with a lawsuit in July 2025 in which it accused him and business partner Michael Ramacciotti of orchestrating a scheme to access an Apple-employee’s development iPhone and leak details of the unreleased operating system known as iOS 26.
The lawsuit contends that Ramacciotti accessed the device of Apple software engineer Ethan Lipnik while he was away, showed the unreleased software to Prosser via video call, and that Prosser then posted content revealing Apple’s confidential design language dubbed “Liquid Glass”.
Apple states that Prosser missed the August 19 deadline for filing a response and did not engage with repeated inquiries from Apple’s counsel. As a result, Apple requested the court enter a default judgement, enabling them to move forward without Prosser’s formal participation.
In sharp contrast, Prosser has publicly rejected the idea that he has ignored the case. He stated to the press that “regardless of what is being reported, and regardless of what the court documents say, I have in fact been in active communications with Apple since the beginning stages of this case. The notion that I’m ignoring the case is incorrect.” He stopped short of offering legal details, however.
The dispute centres not just on the leaks themselves but on the method by which Apple claims the confidential information was obtained. Apple insists that the device held “significant amounts of additional Apple trade-secret information that has not yet been publicly disclosed.”
Prosser acknowledges publishing leak-related videos but maintains he “did not ‘plot’ to access anyone’s phone. I did not have any passwords. I was unaware of how the information was obtained.” He says he looks forward to addressing the matter and that Apple’s version of events is inaccurate.
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