Overview
- Apple filed a formal reply on Wednesday that narrows its discovery window to communications dated on or after August 1, 2023 and renews requests for early document production, targeted depositions, and forensic imaging of devices and accounts.
- The company says every day of delay causes ongoing harm because alleged proprietary hardware information could be embedded into competitors’ products and become harder to undo.
- OpenAI opposes the accelerated schedule as unnecessary, overbroad, and burdensome and has also moved to dismiss the underlying complaint.
- Apple requests narrow, urgent steps — quick written responses within about 30 days and a corporate deposition within about 50 days — to prevent procedural objections from stretching discovery into months or years.
- A federal judge will consider the competing motions at a hearing set for October 1, 2026, with the court able to rule earlier; the outcome could shape what evidence is available and whether interim limits are placed on OpenAI’s hardware work.