Jon Prosser Gets 10 Days to Respond in Apple’s iOS 26 Leak Lawsuit

Jon Prosser now has another chance to respond to Apple’s complaint over the alleged iOS 26 leak and the Liquid Glass redesign, after a U.S. judge set aside the default entered against him.



Judge Sets Aside Default



Apple sued Prosser and Michael Ramacciotti last year, claiming that Ramacciotti accessed a development iPhone belonging to former Apple employee Ethan Lipnik while Lipnik was away from home. Apple claims Prosser used information from that device to publish videos showing parts of what later became the Liquid Glass redesign.



The case took a turn after Prosser failed to respond by the court deadline, which led the clerk to enter default against him at Apple’s request. That default blocked him from formally contesting Apple’s claims unless the court removed it.



Prosser later retained legal counsel, and his attorney said he planned to present defenses against Apple’s complaint. Apple and Prosser then agreed that setting aside the default would help move the case forward without further delay.



U.S. District Judge James Donato has now granted that request, giving Prosser ten days from the order date to file a formal response.



The order is dated June 22, although it includes discovery and deposition deadlines that had already passed, which suggests the court may have signed an earlier version without updating those dates.