GoKawiilJon Prosser is getting a new chance to respond to Apple’s complaint over the leak of iOS 26 and the Liquid Glass revamp. Here are the details.
Judge sets aside Prosser’s default
Earlier this month, Jon Prosser’s lawyer and Apple’s legal team agreed to ask the court to set aside the default entered against him after Prosser failed to respond to Apple’s complaint by the court-imposed deadline.
From the document:
WHEREAS, in light of Mr. Prosser’s recent retention of counsel and agreement to immediately produce discovery, Apple believes setting aside the entry of default is the most efficient way to advance this case without further delay, and Apple does not oppose setting aside the entry of default;
NOW, THEREFORE, Apple and Mr. Prosser stipulate, subject to confirmation of the Court, that the entry of default against Mr. Prosser is set aside.
Shortly after being retained in April, Prosser’s attorney informed the court that he intended to seek to vacate the default and present “evidence of meritorious defenses to Apple’s claims.” Prosser and Apple later submitted their joint stipulation on June 9.
Apple sued Jon Prosser alongside Michael Ramacciotti last July, alleging that Ramacciotti accessed the development iPhone of then-Apple employee Ethan Lipnik while Lipnik was away from home. The company alleges that Prosser used information obtained from Lipnik’s iPhone to publish videos that revealed elements of what would later become the Liquid Glass redesign.
According to court documents filed in the case, Ramacciotti actively cooperated with the discovery process, while Prosser failed to respond. Prosser later disputed the characterization that he had ignored the case, claiming that he had been “in active communications with Apple since the beginning stages” of the lawsuit.
Even so, the clerk subsequently entered default against him at Apple’s request, preventing Prosser from formally contesting the company’s allegations unless the default was set aside.
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