February 12, 2024
Apple has reached an agreement potentially resolving its claims that startup chipmaker Rivos poached engineers and directed them to steal the tech giant's trade secrets, telling a California federal judge the deal would allow Apple to conduct a forensic examination of Rivos' systems.
January 09, 2024
Apple has reached settlements with six former engineers it accused of stealing trade secrets and sharing them with startup chipmaker Rivos Inc., deals in which the engineers agreed to delete or return to Apple confidential information in their possession, according to notices filed in California federal court.
November 20, 2023
Apple has pushed back against rival startup Rivos' counterclaims that the tech giant forced its employees into illegal contracts that punished them for leaving the company in an ongoing trade secrets spat, telling a California court that the startup and its employees' allegations are "baseless" distractions from Rivos' misconduct.
September 25, 2023
Apple forced its employees to sign unlawful contracts in order to stifle competition and punish employees for leaving the company, startup Rivos Inc. told a California federal court, marking the latest chapter in the trade secrets fight between the two companies.
August 30, 2023
A former Quinn Emanuel lawyer who is now a sitting judge defended himself before a California federal magistrate judge Wednesday against Apple's sanctions bid accusing him, his former firm, its client Rivos and a Rivos engineer of knowingly violating discovery orders in a trade secrets suit, arguing they had acted in good faith.
August 11, 2023
A California federal judge on Friday trimmed Apple's lawsuit alleging the startup Rivos Inc. hired former Apple engineers who allegedly stole Apple's trade secrets, cutting some trade secret theft claims with leave to amend but refusing to toss the case in its entirety.
July 24, 2023
Rivos and its Quinn Emanuel lawyers fired back against Apple's sanctions bid in their California federal court trade secret fight Friday, arguing Apple's spoliation claims against the Silicon Valley chipmaker, an engineer and its counsel are "baseless" and that Apple seeks "extraordinary" sanctions against individuals, one of whom is now a sitting judge.
April 03, 2023
Apple urged a California federal judge on Monday to impose sanctions on chipmaker Rivos and its Quinn Emanuel attorneys over alleged spoliation of evidence in a lawsuit alleging the startup hired former Apple engineers who stole trade secrets, claiming the company and its counsel made multiple misrepresentations to the court.
March 02, 2023
Silicon Valley chipmaker startup Rivos urged a California federal judge Thursday to throw out for good Apple's lawsuit alleging it hired former Apple engineers who stole trade secrets, arguing that the startup doesn't use Apple's technology and there's no evidence that Apple has been harmed or that misappropriation has occurred.
May 02, 2022
A chipmaker startup hired away dozens of Apple's former engineers and then instructed at least some of them to rip off key trade secrets for use at their new company, the tech giant said in a California federal court complaint Friday.