Steele Johnson wrote on Aug 25, 2012, 20:12:
I'd be freakin' pissed if I worked on something for 5 years using my own hard-earned money and all that time, only for someone else (a much bigger company) to come along and blatantly rip off my design and start selling it in just a few months! I'm glad Samsung lost. This kind of copying stalls technology because it does not encourage innovation. Apple and Samsung aside, this shouldn't happen to anyone! I hope the injunction goes through! No one should be able to sell a flippin' copy of my idea!! Think about if it was your idea! You'd be pissed too.
You might want to read the patents involved. This isn't about cloning, reverse engineering, or whatnot. Apple basically claims they own the right to make a rectangular-shaped tablet with a menu that features a rectangular grid of square icons, and they got a judge and jury to go along with it.