Earlier this year, before Apple announced its new iOS 26 Liquid Design, leaker Jon Prosser shared some mockups and renders of what it could look like. Knowing what we know now, his advice was pretty spot on, with a few slight deviations here and there. Unfortunately, this landed the leaker in hot legal water with Apple. It now appears that the lawsuit between Jon Prosser and Apple is continuing.
The lawsuit between Apple and Jon Prosser unfolds
When first informed of Apple’s lawsuit, Jon Prosser responded by saying he was “I look forward to speaking with Apple about this.” However, for some reason, Prosser I missed the deadline to respond to Apple’s complaint. Accordingly, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California accepted Apple’s request to enter by 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 judgment in favor of Apple. That being said, as 9to5Mac notes, Prosser still has the option to ask the court to overturn the default. However, he must demonstrate that his lack of response was due to a valid or justified reason.
But the matter is not yet completely over. Besides Prosser, Apple also filed a lawsuit against Michael Ramacciotti. Ramacciotti previously requested an extension, which the court granted. This means that even if Apple were to obtain a default judgment against Prosser, it might still have to fight Ramacciotti unless the two sides reach a settlement.
What happened?
In case you missed all the drama, earlier this year Prosser shared mockups and renders of what he claimed was the design for iOS 26 (which at the time was called iOS 19).
Looking back, the models were terribly accurate. According to Apple, this was due to Ramacciotti sneaking into the iPhone development of Ethan Lipnik, a former Apple employee. 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 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 I have receipts for that. I didn’t “plot” to access anyone’s phone.” He also said: “I had no password. I didn’t know how the information was obtained.”
When we tried to reach Prosser for comment, he responded saying, “I would love to explain how things went on my end. But for obvious reasons, I feel like I should refrain from saying anything before I can give my views to the court..”
