Jon Prosser says he is in ‘active communication’ with Apple following lawsuit

Although Apple said in a recent court filing that Jon Prosser “still has not” responded to the company’s July lawsuit against him for allegedly stealing trade secrets, Prosser said. The edge that he is in communication with Apple about the matter.

“All I can tell you is that regardless of what is reported and regardless of what the court documents say, I have in fact been in active communication with Apple since the beginning of this matter,” Prosser said. “The idea that I’m ignoring the matter is false. That’s all I can say.”

Last week, an employee filed a complaint against Prosser, saying he failed to respond to the July lawsuit and allowing the case to move forward. In his request for a finding of default, Apple’s legal counsel claims that the company personally served Prosser with the lawsuit in July and informed him of the Aug. 19 deadline to respond. He did not respond as of that date, and “despite Apple’s multiple inquiries to Mr. Prosser as to whether he would respond to the complaint, Mr. Prosser still has not done so,” according to the filing.

In its lawsuit, Apple alleged that Prosser and another defendant, Michael Ramacciotti, had a “coordinated plan” to “steal Apple’s trade secrets and profit from that theft.” According to the complaint, Ramacciotti broke into a development iPhone used by a friend who worked at Apple, called Prosser via video, and “demoed several features and applications” of iOS 19, which was officially named iOS 26. Before the software announcement, Prosser posted videos highlighting changes to things like the Camera app and showing elements of what would later be revealed as the Liquid Glass design language.

Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.