[joeblow9999]

Originally Posted by OmNom

I'm not sure who from Google said this, but it was someone important. His statement went something along the lines of 'anything that is a basic feature of technology shouldn't be allowed to be patented'. Rectangular devices with rounded corners? Seriously? Samsung has to pay $300,000,000-$1bil because they're devices have ROUNDED CORNERS? *GASP* that is SO copying the iPhone, right? -__- Such bull.

That's what I was saying in an earlier post. The things they're suing over are so general and universal that they might as well just go all-out and try to claim that any phone, by virtue of being a phone, is a copy of the iPhone.

Adding further irony to the mix: Supposed "copies" of Apple products won't harm Apple's business whatsoever. Apple's popularity and success have nothing to do with rounded corners, or any design element at all. They could slap an Apple logo on a turd, call it "the revolutionary, magical, innovative iTurd", sell it for $2,999 and Apple fanboys would snap it up. Their popularity stems solely from their established brand reputation amongst their consumerist fan base.