Sorry, but in my humble, technically oriented opinion:
There is nothing
unique about Apple's design patent!
Every component aspect has been done
before. Perhaps not in the exact combination Apple choose.
However, the
combination Apple did choose is obvious from the perspective of the
questions:
Is it reasonable to combine Component X with Component Y? Would
that be obvious to a "practioner of the art"?
The answer to which would be:
Yes.
Just because no one may have done that exact combination before
doesn't suddenly make the combination non-obvious.
My opinion: Obviously
containing my own reasons and not based on "Group Think" which is more commonly
used to refer to people who simply accept what they're informed of without
applying any critical thought themselves.
So... let me ask this question
for you to answer to show you're not linked into the Apple GroupThink:
What
particular combination of the total features involved in Apple's Design Patent
do you believe constitute sufficient originality not to fail on
obviousness?
And no: simply providing an answer of "no one did that before"
without any other reasoning is a valid answer.
RAS
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