Apple and YouTuber Jon Prosser have jointly requested a federal court to overturn the default judgment entered against Prosser last October, with Prosser agreeing to provide documents he had previously failed to produce.
In July 2025, Apple filed a lawsuit against Prosser and Michael Ramacciotti, accusing them of misappropriating trade secrets. The complaint alleged that Ramacciotti accessed the iPhone of Apple software engineer Ethan Lipnik without authorization and shared a pre-release build of iOS 26 with Prosser in exchange for payment. Prosser subsequently published videos showcasing recreated renderings of iOS 26’s Liquid Glass design months before Apple’s official announcement. Lipnik was later terminated from his position.
Prosser missed the deadline to formally respond to the complaint, leading Apple’s attorneys to request a default judgment, which the court granted in October 2025. At that time, Prosser told The Verge he had “been in active communications with Apple since the beginning stages of this case.”
In the following months, Prosser continued to fail to comply with discovery requests. A joint status report filed in April 2026 indicated that while Prosser had provided some materials, he had not fully responded to certain requests and had ignored others. This prompted Apple to seek a court order to compel his compliance. In contrast, Ramacciotti allowed Apple to forensically review an additional device, agreed to supplement his interrogatory responses, and offered to sit for a follow-up deposition. Apple and Ramacciotti have been informally discussing a potential settlement since at least October 2025.
Prosser did not retain legal counsel until April 14, 2026. According to the joint stipulation filed on June 9, Apple served Prosser with subpoenas in January 2026 seeking documents and a deposition related to its claims against Ramacciotti. However, Prosser had not fully responded to the document subpoena and had not sat for a deposition.
As part of the agreement, Prosser committed to producing all materials responsive to Apple’s document subpoena by June 9, 2026, and to sit for a deposition by no later than June 16, 2026. Apple stated that setting aside the default judgment is “the most efficient way to advance this case without further delay.” The stipulation still requires approval from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. If approved, Prosser would have ten days from the date of the order to file a formal response to Apple’s complaint.
This development suggests a potential shift towards a more cooperative approach in resolving the dispute. If the court approves the stipulation, it could lead to a more transparent legal process and possibly pave the way for a settlement between the parties.
Source: MacRumors
