Jon Prosser says he has been in “active communication” with Apple about the lawsuit

Although Apple said in a recent lawsuit that John Prosser “has not yet responded” to the lawsuit the company filed in July against him for stealing trade secrets, Prosser says Edge He is in contact with Apple regarding this issue.

“All I can say is that regardless of what is reported, regardless of what the court documents say, I have in fact been in active communication with Apple since the early stages of this case,” Prosser says. “The idea that I’m ignoring the issue is not true. That’s all I can say.”

Last week, writer Default entered against ProsserPointing out that he did not respond to the July lawsuit and allowed the case to move forward. In it Request to enter the defaultApple’s legal counsel says the company personally submitted the lawsuit to Prosser in July and notified him of an August 19 deadline to respond. He had not responded by that date, and “despite Apple’s multiple inquiries to Mr. Prosser about whether he would respond to the complaint, Mr. Prosser has not yet done so,” according to the filing.

in Her lawsuitApple alleged that Prosser and another defendant, Michael Ramaciotti, had a “coordinated scheme” to steal Apple’s trade secrets and profit from the theft. According to the complaint, Ramaciotti hacked into an upgraded iPhone used by a friend who works at Apple, named Prosser, via video, and “demonstrated various features and apps” of iOS 19, which was officially named iOS 26. Announcement of the programProsser has posted videos highlighting changes to things like Camera application And he offered Elements What will be revealed later is the Liquid Glass design language.

Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.