Apple Cofounder Steve Wozniak Sued By Professor Over Claims Of Stealing Business Idea

Steve Wozniak is being sued over claims that the Apple Inc AAPL cofounder stole a business idea.

• The suit is related to Woz U, which is based in Scottsdale, Arizona, and offers technical education for skills such as coding and cybersecurity, the Business Insider reported. 
• Ralph Reilly, an associate professor of management at the University of Hartford in Connecticut, claims Wozniak took Reilly's idea after having earlier agreed to let Reilly start such a school using Wozniak's name but then never following through.
• Reilly said, in 2011 they both met at Sacramento's Hyatt Regency hotel, and there they agreed to open up the school, sealing a deal with an on-camera handshake. 
• Reilly alleges that Wozniak stole his intellectual property and infringed on his copyright by launching a Woz-branded tech school without him. 
• The intellectual property infringement case is set to go to trial in June in Arizona. Wozniak has been called to the stand to testify. His legal team denies the allegations.
• According to the report, Wozniak was unable, during a legal deposition, to recollect whether he'd ever been been given a $1 million payout
• Reilly, who has been pushing this legal battle for three years, has sought at least $1 million in relief and damages over the claims, according to Business Insider.
• Wozniak is one of three creators of Apple, along with the late Steve Jobs and Ronald Wayne. 

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