It is related to e-reader.
If look and feel can be patented, expect the patent war to come to e-reader.
The result of this trial will determine the fate of e-reader and other reading devices like tablets and phones.
This basically sum up this whole trial.
http://www.businessweek.com/news/201...be-patented#p1
Apple v Samsung: Can Look and Feel Be Patented?
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Apple’s Challenge
As complicated as the case may be, Apple will try to convince jurors of one essential idea: Its Korean rival is a copycat. Samsung will contend that none of Apple’s design flourishes are totally novel, and that offering patent protection to the rectangular shape and flat front surface of its products would unfairly limit competition.
“Samsung is on trial because it made a deliberate decision to copy Apple’s iPhone and iPad,” Apple said in the opening line of its key pretrial filing with the court. “Try as it might,” Apple said, “Samsung cannot deflect attention from its own copying by the patents it has asserted against Apple.”
In its filing, Samsung answered that a lot of competing products appear similar.
“In this lawsuit,” the company said, “Apple seeks to stifle legitimate competition and limit consumer choice to maintain its historically exorbitant profits.”
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