Opening Brief Due March 11 in Metallurgist's iPhone 15 Pro Titanium Appeal

Appellant Ganiyu Jaiyeola’s opening brief is due March 11 in his appeal for injunctive relief to bar Apple, AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon from advertising that the iPhone 15 Pro is a titanium device when it’s fashioned mostly from aluminum, said the 9th U.S. Circuit Appeals Court’s time schedule order Wednesday (docket 24-531). The appellees’ answering brief is due April 10, and Jaiyeola’s optional reply brief is due within 21 days of service of the answering brief, said the order. Jaiyeola has a 1995 doctorate in materials science from the University of Connecticut, and he worked as a metallurgist for Apple for 18 months through Aug. 8 (see 2401080002). He contends there’s “a lot more” aluminum alloy than titanium alloy in the iPhone 15 Pro.