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Nope. In the Washington Post Shipley says that is not the case: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01...

He had a tweet earlier today explicitly saying that Apple copied him, and that he wouldn't have sued even if he'd had a patent. Seems he's removed the tweet now, though (can't find it) so you'll just have to take my word for it I guess...

Shipley wasn't involved. He posted some angry tweets when he first saw it.

"Angry"? IIRC he said they'd clearly copied it and that he'd be pissed if they were using it in a directly competing product. He also acknowledged that there's hardly a better visual metaphor for representing a collection of books.