Stefan Mileschin

Borrowed the idea to set up a Woz branded tech school

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is facing a million dollar lawsuit which claims he nicked the idea for a Woz-branded tech school.

Business professor Ralph Reilly claims he and Wozniak agreed to establish a "tech university" and sealed the deal with an on-camera handshake in 2011.

The educational platform, which was aimed at teaching adults computer and other technical skills, would lean heavily on Wozniak's name and reputation as a key engineering force in Apple's early days, for branding purposes.

It did not really work so Wozniak went on to launch virtually the same idea under the name Woz U in 2017 after partnering with the code-learning firm Coder Camps.

In response, Reilly reached out to Wozniak via email asking to be a part of the venture, according to court filings. "It's exactly what I envisioned for Woz Institute of Technology when I first approached you with the idea", Reilly wrote at the time.

"You are right on the mark", Wozniak responded. "You had the right idea... I doubt it would have happened without your initial idea"

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