OpenAI's lawsuit delays cause more harm every day, says Apple

Apple has pushed back against OpenAI's trying to delay the trade theft lawsuit while the AI company continues to profit from allegedly stolen information.

Apple first filed suit against OpenAI over alleged mass IP theft in July 2026. Since then, Apple has pressed for a faster start to the proceedings, and OpenAI has basically claimed that Apple is only suing because it can't compete.

OpenAI has argued that Apple's asking for expedited discovery was simply unnecessary. Now Apple has responded to what it categorizes as OpenAI attempting to delay the suit

Apple wants to depose key witnesses and have OpenAI produce documentation to help the company determine what information the ChatGPT developer has allegedly acquired. According to OpenAI, all of this information will be provided during the ordinary course of the case.

OpenAI also maintains that Apple demanding earlier access is moot because some such expedited discovery would overlap with the expected schedule anyway.

Apple has doubled down on its requests, saying that even if there's an overlap, the court agreeing to an early start for"urgent discovery" early means OpenAI will have to respond. It won't be able to obfuscate or delay with "boilerplate objections" stretching the case out for months.