Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI, io Products and two former Apple employees will go to trial on July 19, 2027, under a case management order U.S. District Judge Edward Davila filed Wednesday. Under the schedule, fact discovery closes in March, expert work and dispositive motions move into the spring, and a final pretrial conference is set for June 24. Apple filed the suit in July, alleging the defendants used confidential product information to help build OpenAI’s consumer hardware.