Apple's trade-secrets lawsuit against OpenAI faces long odds, lawyers say

A Verge Decoder episode examines Apple's trade-secrets lawsuit against OpenAI, which alleges former Apple employees at OpenAI targeted Apple's hardware manufacturing secrets, including during job interviews. IP lawyers interviewed say the claims are serious but the case faces long odds given the scale of past suits against giants like Microsoft and Samsung.

Why it matters: The suit intersects with OpenAI's push into hardware following its $6.5 billion acquisition of Jony Ive's io Products, and an adverse ruling could complicate that hardware strategy just as OpenAI's infrastructure commitments — now reportedly around $750 billion — are also under scrutiny.