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fieryscribeon Samsung might not have tried to copy the iPhone

Do you have a link to this internal document?

"Yes, Apple didn’t invent any of the new features found on the iPhone"

Right, so why are they protecting of their own? A design which also existed before the iPhone?

Apple didn't invent any of the features; they just put it together in a unique way. They didn't patent putting it together in that way.

fieryscribeon Google to dumb down Android search to escape Apple's patent

How would you define "improvement" if not rendering something more effective by changing it or making it different? In this particular case, search on Android is being made more effective by searching contacts and apps.

As Steve Jobs said, "We have always been shameless about stealing great ideas." They just want to stop everyone else from doing it too.