Apple Customer Could Be World’s Richest Man If He Somehow Wins Absurd Lawsuit
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In a completely bizarre move, a Missouri man has attempted to sue Apple for US$1 trillion, claiming that it had stolen his iPhone to plagiarize features that only existed in that phone in order to work on future designs.
If (somehow) successful, Raevon Terrell Parker stands to be the richest man in the world, substantially overtaking Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, whose net worth is estimated by Forbes to be US$153.6 billion.
According to a complaint lodged at the US District Court in East Missouri on 1 June, uncovered by Apple Insider, Parker said he had taken his iPhone 7 to Apple’s Saint Louis Galleria store to have it repaired in 2018. The personnel, however, replaced the handset instead of fixing his smartphone.
Parker then claimed that the employee deliberately kept his old iPhone and “[deceived] the plaintiff knowing that it was the first phone to have new features.”
Among the “new features” was the apparent ability to “bypass certain start-up load screen options,” allowing iPhones to “communicate with other devices faster and more accurately.” Parker additionally insisted in an earlier filing that the company had made the “discovery of the Group FaceTime feature” from his phone.
Parker also said his iPhone had somewhat inspired “the creation of iOS 12,” and thought he deserved some compensation from the tech giant. This version of events was dismissed by the court in 2019 as Apple said that Parker had failed to state a motion.
In the later lawsuit, Parker strangely claimed he owned the patents for “iOS 12.0.1 and later” and “iOS 13 and later.”
Parker said he was called “crazy” during his encounter at the Apple Store, which was taken into account for his US$1 trillion ask. He stated in the former filing that his mental health was “priceless.”
A court date hasn’t been set for this odd case yet.
[via Business Insider, cover image via Vividrange / Shutterstock.com]
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