Share with friends and circle of friends with wechat scan QR code_ blank" href=" https://news.163.com/news/search?keyword=%E6%B2%83%E5%85%B9%E5%B0%BC%E4%BA%9A%E5%85%8B "> Steve Wozniak is charged with stealing < a target ="_ blank" href=" https://news.163.com/news/search?keyword=%E5%BA%B7%E6%B6%85%E7%8B%84%E6%A0%BC%E5%B7%9E "> Ralph, Professor of business, Connecticut_ blank" href=" https://news.163.com/news/search?keyword=%E8%B5%96%E5%88%A9 "> Ralph Reilly's business ideas, losing the lawsuit means that it may need to pay $1 million p> < p > Riley said in the complaint that he and Wozniak agreed to jointly create a University of science and technology in the name of "Wozniak" and reached an agreement in 2011 by shaking hands and taking photos. Designed to teach adults computer and other technical skills, the platform relies heavily on Wozniak's reputation as Apple's early key engineering role p> However, Riley said in court documents that the cooperation between the two sides never really started. In 2017, after working with coder camps, a coding learning company, Wozniak launched Reilly's proposed University of science and technology under the name of "Woz U". In response, Reilly contacted Wozniak by email to ask to join the joint venture, court documents show p> < p > Riley wrote at the time: "when I first presented this idea to you, it was exactly what I envisioned for watts Polytechnic." Wozniak also admitted: "you are right, your idea is very good. I don't think it would have happened without your first thought p> However, when Riley asked for partial ownership of the project, Wozniak refused. Riley decided to sue the latter, accusing Wozniak of stealing his business ideas and infringing copyright. He asked for at least $1 million in compensation. Riley also filed other charges against Wozniak, such as breach of contract, but these claims have been rejected by the judge p> < p > it is reported that in September 2010, Riley first proposed the idea of establishing a University of science and technology to Wozniak by e-mail. Court documents showed that in the next few months, the two people were always communicating about this, and Riley even asked Wozniak if he would consider supporting him to establish Wozniak Polytechnic. Wozniak agreed to the idea in his reply email and agreed to use his name in the project p> < p > at the 2011 handshake photo event mentioned earlier, Riley presented Wozniak with a contract to grant an online school in Connecticut the right to work with them to create "Wozniak Institute of technology" by using Wozniak's name and image in exchange for quarterly payments. The screenshot shows what looks like Wozniak's signature on the contract image in the court documents. In the testimony, Wozniak claimed that he did not remember signing the document, but did not deny that it was his signature p> < p > however, the deal ended in failure, as did Reilly's similar agreements with several other institutions, when Wozniak's team began to distance themselves from the project. In 2013, Riley launched a simulation website for Wozniak. Ken Hardesty, Wozniak's manager, asked him to remove the website and told him not to contact Wozniak directly. Since Riley won the site's copyright protection, it is now the center of a million dollar copyright lawsuit p> < p > Wozniak's team said that the two never reached a real agreement on cooperation, and the scene of shaking hands in front of the camera mentioned before was just one of the numerous group photos taken by Wozniak and his fans. According to the legal documents, a key argument in Wozniak's defense is that he takes a non-interference attitude towards his business transactions and leaves contract negotiations to other members of the team. Even in the deal with coder camps, Wozniak did not provide Woz u with "any courses, ideas about procedures, timetables or anything else," his lawyer wrote in the document p> < p > when asked by a lawyer if coder camps paid him $1 million for his relationship with the University of watts, Wozniak said that he did not remember whether he received the payment for the transaction, but his agent later confirmed that he received the cash. "One of the things I try to avoid in my life is money related. I don't even know how much money I have in my bank account," Wozniak said in the document. My life is very different from that of most people. " p> The case will be heard in Arizona in June, and Wozniak has been summoned to testify. The three-day jury trial is scheduled to begin on June 7( Small) < / P > < p > <-- EndFragment-->