Earlier this year, ahead of Apple announcing its new iOS 26 Liquid Design, leakster Jon Prosser shared some mockups and renders of what it might look like. Knowing what we know now, his tips were pretty spot on, with some slight variances here and there. Unfortunately, this landed the leakster in hot legal water with Apple. Now, it looks like the lawsuit between Jon Prosser and Apple will proceed.
Apple and Jon Prosser lawsuit proceeds
When he was first notified of the lawsuit by Apple, Jon Prosser responded by saying he was “looking forward to speaking with Apple on this.” However, for whatever reason, Prosser missed the deadline to respond to Apple’s complaint. As a result, the US District Court for the Northern District of California has accepted Apple’s request to enter default against the YouTuber.
It is unclear why Prosser did not respond to the lawsuit. But what does this mean? This means that the courts will most likely move towards a default judgement in Apple’s favor. That being said, as 9to5Mac notes, Prosser still has a chance to ask the court to set aside the default. However, he will need to show that his failure to respond was because of a good reason or a justified cause.
But the case isn’t completely over yet. In addition to Prosser, Apple also filed a lawsuit against Michael Ramacciotti. Ramacciotti had previously requested an extension, which the court granted. This means that even if Apple were to get its default judgement against Prosser, it might still need to fight the case against Ramacciotti, unless both parties agree to a settlement.
What happened?
In case you missed out on all the drama, earlier this year, Prosser shared mockups and renders of what he claimed to be the design of iOS 26 (which at that time was referred to as iOS 19).
In hindsight, the mockups were scarily accurate. According to Apple, this was because Ramacciotti broke into former Apple employee Ethan Lipnik’s development iPhone. He then made a video call to Prosser, who recorded the call with screen capture tools and then made mockups based on what he saw.
However, Prosser has refuted Apple’s claims. In his previous statement, Prosser said, “For the record: This is not how the situation played out on my end. Luckily have receipts for that. I did not ‘plot’ to access anyone’s phone.” He also claimed, “I did not have any passwords. I was unaware of how the information was obtained.”
When we tried to reach Prosser for comment, he responded by saying, “I would love to explain how things happened on my end. But for obvious reasons, I feel like I should hold from saying anything before I get to give the court my side.”
