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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
A quick look turns up--
Patent filed: 28 June, 2007
Calibre began: 31 October, 2006
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And they can go back at least a year (June 2006) if they invented that early (prior to Calibre's public release), plus you'd have to show that Calibre included the design that Apple patented. (When did Calibre's cover flow get added to the interface?) All I'm saying is that it's not that easy to say - oh that's old without really considering all the details, some of which (Apple's date of invention) may not even be known to an outsider.
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That's what I'd expect. In order for the patent to be valid at all (it's not like there's any shortage of "animated viewers of icons of digital content"), it'd have to be very specific, and something else that uses the same basic concept with different display settings shouldn't be infringing.
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And you may well be right on the issue of validity- the patent may not be valid if there's enough similar out there that it would have been "obvious to one of skill in the art."