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Originally Posted by Slava
Right, but within reason. The reality is that putting icons in a grid isn't innovating anything. What alternative is there? A jumbled fataing mess?
I have no issue with Apple protecting patents and going after companies that infringe. Its pretty obvious that Samsung was making the screens for them and probably used information from that to screw Apple (from a completely outsiders point of view, anyway). Apple getting anything as a result of a grid pattern of icons though is just ridiculous. Its akin to patenting a round wheel.
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There are other alternatives, a list of items (menu style), tiles of multiple sizes like the new Windows phones and other ways that would have required Samsung to spend some time doing research, designing and perfecting. Samsung didn't want to do that so it went ahead and copied the design.
Yes grid style icons have been around but to copy the layout almost exactly is taking the short cut.