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Gizmodo Search Warrant Unsealed

By james_fudge

According to a search warrant unsealed by a San Mateo judge today at the request of multiple media outlets lead by the Associated Press, Apple pressed local police to investigate the loss of a next-generation iPhone a day after photographs and details appeared on Gawker Media's Gizmodo web site. Apple told investigators that the prototype was so valuable that a price couldn't be put on it.

This meeting, which took place April 20, involved Apple attorney George Riley (hired gun), Bruce Sewell (Apple SVP General Counsel and Secretary), Rick Orloff (Apple Director of Information Security), and San Mateo County Sheriff Detective Mathew Broad - assigned to the Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team (R.E.A.C.T.) Task Force. While a lot of the details in the search warrant can be considered "the gospel according to Apple and REACT," the main thrust of it is that Apple claimed the publication of photos and info related to the iPhone 4G prototype were damaging to the company, and -no doubt presented with a sense of urgency - and that trade secrets were revealed. Read More

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on May 14, 2010 (boomark / email).