Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak has won a court case in which he was accused of stealing a professor's business idea

<p><img src="https://static4.businessinsider.com/image/60d53b2682c8960018af1dcb-2195/steve-wozniak-11.jpg" border="0" alt="Steve Wozniak" data-mce-source="Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images"></p><p></p><bi-shortcode id="summary-shortcode" data-type="summary-shortcode" class="mceNonEditable" contenteditable="false">Summary List Placement</bi-shortcode><p>Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak has been vindicated after being accused by a Connecticut professor of stealing his business idea.</p><p>In a trial in Arizona court in June, a jury found that Wozniak did not improperly use the professor's copyright by launching a tech skills school called Woz U,&nbsp;according to court documents reviewed by Insider.</p><p>Ralph Reilly had accused Wozniak of taking his business idea for a Wozniak-branded technical school and cutting him out of the profits, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/steve-wozniak-sued-over-alleged-theft-of-business-idea-2021-5">as first reported by Insider in May</a>. His original complaint made a raft of allegations, including breach of contract, but the trial ultimately hinged more narrowly on allegations of copyright infringement.</p><p>Reilly had first approached Wozniak via email in 2010, pitching him on the idea of a "high tech university" utilizing Wozniak's name as a brand. The pair went back and forth over several years, including signing papers and attending a meeting with potential backers in 2012, but Reilly's idea for the "Woz Institute of Technology" never came to fruition.</p><p>Then in 2017, tech firm Coder Camps launched "Woz U" after approaching Wozniak with their own proposal.&nbsp;</p><p>The announcement prompted Reilly to email Wozniak about the similarities, to which he enthusiastically replied: "You had the right idea ... I doubt it would have happened without your initial idea!" Some time later, Reilly decided to sue in Arizona District Court.</p><p>Wozniak's win comes shortly after he lost a separate legal battle against YouTube. He had <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-03/apple-co-founder-wozniak-can-t-sue-youtube-over-bitcoin-scam">sought to sue the video-hosting site&nbsp; over bitcoin scams</a>&nbsp;that falsely claimed to be endorsed by him.</p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-cofounder-steve-wozniak-wins-woz-u-copyright-trial-2021-6#comments">Join the conversation about this story &#187;</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bpa-plastic-containers-bad-health-risks-obesity-heart-disease-diabetes-2019-2">Why I'm throwing away every plastic thing in my kitchen ASAP</a></p>
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