The lawsuit claims Dr. Chen Shi gathered highly sensitive Apple Watch information to aid Oppo's development of a competing wearable. Dr. Shi reportedly worked at Apple from 2020 to 2025 and left in June 2025 after being recruited by Oppo in April 2025. He allegedly told Apple he was relocating for familial reasons rather than disclosing a move to a competitor. The complaint cites internet searches Dr. Shi made about privacy of shared files and folders, including queries about detecting file openings on shared drives. Oppo denied wrongdoing and said it found no evidence linking the allegations to the employee's conduct at Oppo. Apple previously filed a similar suit in June against another former employee.
According to the lawsuit, Dr. Shi left Apple in June 2025 after being recruited by Oppo in April of the same year. As Juli Clover reports at MacRumors, Dr. Shi did not divulge that he was leaving for a competitor, instead citing familial reasons for a planned move to China. The lawsuit goes on to several internet searches that Dr. Shi made about privacy related to shared files and folders,
In a statement provided to MacRumors, Oppo denied any wrongdoing. "We have found no evidence establishing any connection between these allegations and the employee's conduct during his employment at OPPO," the company stated, emphasizing that they also "[respect] the trade secrets of all companies, including Apple." If this leaves you with a sense of deja vu, there's a reason for that. In an article for Engadget on the lawsuit, Jackson Chen pointed out that this is Apple's second such lawsuit this summer.
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