OpenAI asks for Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit to be dismissed, says it was filed without ‘adequate…

OpenAI has asked a federal judge to dismiss Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit, arguing the case should not go forward. In its motion, OpenAI said Apple’s complaint was filed without adequate investigation and that the filing framed ordinary conduct out of context. The dispute is the ongoing Apple-OpenAI case over alleged trade secrets theft, as reported by 9to5Mac.

The motion targets the sufficiency of Apple’s complaint itself rather than a full trial on the merits. OpenAI’s position is that the claims rest on ordinary conduct pulled out of context, and that Apple did not adequately investigate before filing. That framing puts the early filter of the case—whether the pleadings state a claim the court should hear—at the center of the next procedural step.

For engineers and builders, the fight is a reminder that product and partnership work can later be cast as trade-secret issues, and that how companies document investigation and context can become part of the public record. Teams near sensitive model, platform, or integration work have a concrete stake in how “ordinary” collaboration and competitive research get described in court filings.

The case sits at the intersection of two large AI and platform players, with Apple as plaintiff and OpenAI as the party seeking dismissal. A successful motion would end or sharply narrow the trade-secrets claims at the pleading stage; denial would keep the litigation alive and push both sides toward deeper discovery and further briefing.

What to watch next is the federal judge’s ruling on OpenAI’s motion to dismiss—whether the court accepts that Apple filed without adequate investigation and misframed ordinary conduct, or allows the trade-secrets claims to proceed.