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Tell that to Wil Shipley. Oh I forgot, he can't afford to patent and have lawyers to protect the patent, so it's all right. http://techcrunch.com/2010/01/27/think-ibooks-looks-familiar...

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You can't patent a look. Or copyright it. Or trademark it.

I believe the original Apple vs. Microsoft patent spat was for 'Look & Feel' as is part of the current 'Apple vs. Nokia' and 'Apple vs. HTC' patent duels. However my point was that Apple definitely builds on the ideas of others, oftentimes pretty blatantly. So no moral high ground there. What the legal system enables and what is 'right' are two different things.

"Look & Feel" suit was a copyright suit. At least in theory. It established that you can't copyright "Look & Feel", like I said.

What the legal system enables and what is 'right' are two different things.

You were wrongly conflating the two.

  Tell that to Wil Shipley

The inventor of the wooden bookshelf? BTW, why not Andrew Kaz? http://www.classicsapp.com/

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