Earlier this year, Apple filed a lawsuit against YouTuber and leakster Jon Prosser . The company was suing Prosser for leaking the design of iOS 26 ahead of its launch. Prosser had a deadline to respond to Apple’s lawsuit, which apparently he didn’t . This led to Apple’s lawyers filing a request for a default judgement. Now, Prosser has provided an update on the Apple lawsuit.
Prosser provides update on Apple lawsuit
In an update on the Apple lawsuit, Prosser released a statement to The Verge in which he says he isn’t ignoring the case . “All I can tell you is that regardless of what is being reported, and regardless of what the court documents say — I have, in fact, been in active communications with Apple since the beginning stages of this case. The notion that I’m ignoring the case is incorrect. That’s all I am able to say.”
If that is indeed what happened, it is unclear why Prosser did not respond to Apple’s lawsuit in a timely manner. But if the YouTuber claims to be in active communications with Apple, only time will tell if both parties will be able to work something out. In the meantime, Apple’s lawsuit against Michael Ramacciotti, the other defendant named in the lawsuit, will proceed.
Timeline of events
Somewhere around April earlier this year, Prosser shared a video of the design of iOS 19 , which was what iOS 26 was referred to before it was officially announced. It showed off the company’s upcoming Liquid Glass design. Now that we know what iOS 26 looks like, we have to say that the mockups in the video were shockingly on point.
Sure, there were some differences here and there, but ultimately, we think it did a good job capturing the essence of the UI. Now, this wasn’t Prosser’s first time leaking Apple-related news. But this is the first time that we know that he’s gotten in trouble with Apple over it.
There have been many leaks and rumors surrounding Apple products over the years. However, it’s not often we see Apple take legal action. Maybe the company does send out cease and desist letters, but we wouldn’t be privy to that information. In this case, however, Apple alleged that Prosser’s mockups were based on a “misappropriate of trade secrets.”
Apple claims that Ramacciotti was living with another person called Ethan Lipnik, a former Apple employee. Ramacciotti somehow managed to unlock Lipnik’s phone while he was out, which had a developmental version of iOS 26. He then made a video call to Prosser to show off the upcoming design, which Prosser allegedly used to make his mockups.
Prosser has refuted Apple’s allegations, claiming to have receipts of what actually happened.
