It's Monday. Time for another crazy lawsuit story...

[TiggrToo]

Parker v. Apple Inc.

Patent case filed on June 1, 2020 in the Missouri Eastern District Court

dockets.justia.com

Upshot is, the plaintiff feels his iPhone 7 was so super special, clever, and unique to him, that Apple then used it to create iOS 12 and iOS 13.

Worth a cool couple of trillion bucks?

Go big or go home, I guess... 🥴 🤔

 

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Apple sued for '$2 priceless trillion' following 2018 iPhone repair | AppleInsider

A man has attempted to sue Apple, claiming that the company kept his iPhone after a repair, and used "special features" on his phone to develop features in iOS.

appleinsider.com

 

[Camarillo Brillo]

A customer is suing Apple for $1 trillion over claims that the company stole his iPhone after he brought it in for a repair
Lisa Eadicicco
9 hours ago

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• A customer is attempting to sue Apple for $1 trillion over claims that the company stole his iPhone after he brought it in for a repair in 2018.
• Raevon Terrell Parker claims that Apple kept the phone because it had "new features" that were used to aid in the development of iOS 12.
• Parker's last attempt to sue Apple was dismissed.

A Missouri man is attempting to sue Apple for a whopping $1 trillion over accusations that that the tech giant stole his iPhone and used it to develop new features after he brought it in for a repair.
Raevon Terrell Parker claims that when he brought his iPhone into the Saint Louis Galleria Apple Store in Missouri for repair in 2018, the staff kept his phone and instead provided him with a replacement iPhone, according to a statement filed at the US District Court in East Missouri on June 1 first spotted by Apple Insider.
Parker claims the staff kept the phone "by deceiving the plaintiff knowing that it was the first phone to have new features."
One of the so-called "new features" Parker claims was found on his iPhone included the ability for the iPhone "bypass certain start-up load screen options," according to an earlier filing on the matter that was dismissed. Parker claimed that the feature aided Apple in the development of iOS 12, the operating system Apple launched for the iPhone in 2018.

It's unclear exactly what Parker means by claiming that his iPhone "was the first to have new features." But Macworldsuggests Parker may have installed a version of iOS that was not yet intended for the public, and that the Apple Store employee had removed it upon discovering it during the repair.
Parker also claims that he was labeled as "crazy" during his interactions at the Apple Store, which is part of the reason he is seeking compensation. In the earlier complaint, he listed his mental health as "priceless."
Parker's last attempt to sue Apple was dismissed after a judge found that the complaint failed to state a claim.
Meanwhile, Apple shares reached a milestone on Wednesday by crossing $1.5 trillion in value, making it the first time any company has hit such a valuation, as Barron's noted.

A customer is suing Apple for $1 trillion over claims that the company stole his iPhone after he brought it in for a repair

A Missouri customer is claiming Apple stole his iPhone when he brought it in for repair and provided him with a replacement.

www.businessinsider.com

 

[IndianBird]

I can’t stand dumbasses like this guy.

 

[braddick]

I returned McDonald's fries once because they were too salty? I suppose I could sue for $1 Zillion Dollars!!

 

[Shanghaichica]

You couldn’t make this up. He should have sued for 1.5 trillion.

 

[mtneer]

Ughh.. its sad that our intrepid reporters didn't say what these "new features" were supposed to be. I wonder if this guy's court documents details them. I am curious to know.

 

[tranceking26]

Wow. I checked the date, just to be sure it ain’t April!

 

[John dosh]

Labelled as crazy sounds about right.

 

[cmaier]

Ughh.. its sad that our intrepid reporters didn't say what these "new features" were supposed to be. I wonder if this guy's court documents details them. I am curious to know.

Nope. I read the original court documents. They say nothing. Just a few hand-scrawled sentences on a form. Not anything prepared by a lawyer. I once got named in a lawsuit that alleged, among other things, that someone flew 2500 miles to break a lady’s house window, and was asking for $400M. These sorts of lawsuits happen all the time.

 

[nburwell]

🤣🤣 Oh man, I can’t with this.

this will be throw out of court so fast.

 

[0128672]

I hope we get to hear the outcome of the case.
Actually I just read the documents too, and it's kinda sad really. He's claiming that he owns the patents for iOS 12 and 13.

 

[casperes1996]

I'd love to know how this many thinks software is made. His phone magically had new features...
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I hope we get to hear the outcome of the case.

I'm no barrister, but I'm willing to bet quite a lot on the result not being in this man's favour

 

[0128672]

I'm no barrister, but I'm willing to bet quite a lot on the result not being in this man's favour

Indeed ... I've bookmarked the docket to check back. It won't get very far in the system. I see that he's filed a motion to proceed as forma pauperis, which means he can't be held liable for costs of bringing the suit against Apple.

 

[Shirasaki]

He seems to like supporting lawyers by providing “much-needed” emergency funds? How generous he is during this pandemic? Wish I had that amount of free money.

 

[Jessica Lares]

The guy tried to sue someone else for 5 million dollars, he filed a forma pauperis on that one too.

Couldn't find any of the other ones he's filed against Apple before this one.

 

[retta283]

If he actually thinks he can win this case he's the biggest fool in history. Probably a publicity thing though.

 

[hallux]

appleinsider.com had a story on this, presumably there was something about the plaintiff claiming "discovery of group FaceTime".

Apple sued for '$2 priceless trillion' following 2018 iPhone repair | AppleInsider

A man has attempted to sue Apple, claiming that the company kept his iPhone after a repair, and used "special features" on his phone to develop features in iOS.

appleinsider.com

 

[konqerror]

I returned McDonald's fries once because they were too salty? I suppose I could sue for $1 Zillion Dollars!!

They should be sued over that; McDonald's is the most inconsistent chain with fry salting. Like 1 of 4 orders I get is screwed up, usually undersalted.

 

[EM2013]

I want whatever he’s smoking.

 

[44267547]

Apple has a league of attorneys that deal with ‘behind the scenes‘ with civil litigation all the time. You have to remember, when somebody is suing a company or organization, they’re going to try to maximize as much ‘potential profit‘ for cause as possible. There are obviously ridiculous numbers, but it doesn’t mean it will ever come to fruition either when they settle in court, if it’s even make it to court.

 

[0128672]

The guy tried to sue someone else for 5 million dollars, he filed a forma pauperis on that one too.

Couldn't find any of the other ones he's filed against Apple before this one.

He filed a case against an Apple Store in St. Louis, MO in January 2019, and it was dismissed in May 2019.

 

[Illini Al]

Apple will settle with this guy for $10 Billion.

 

[compwiz1202]

They should be sued over that; McDonald's is the most inconsistent chain with fry salting. Like 1 of 4 orders I get is screwed up, usually undersalted.

There was this girl when I worked at McD that would put like 1/4 of the shaker on. Would rather get too little and be able to add. I get more annoyed by the inconsistency of freshness of nuggets and fries.

 

[DiCaprioAngel]

Wow, what an idiot. Some people have way too much time on their hands.