Apple builds beautiful products on one hand, but on the other tries to stifle competition using patent laws instead of with their products.
The problem is with the system that allows patenting obvious solutions such as rounded corners or click-to-call and not with Apple itself. Heck, even my Game Gear from 20 years ago had rounded corners. Luckily for Apple, Sega didn't think about that patent then. Apple is just the symptom, patent laws need to be completely overhauled (or at least the system for examining existing patents and new patent requests).
No the real problem here is the sheer ignorance of people such as yourself commenting on this issue.
Apple never patented rounded corners or click to call. It's as simple as that. What was patented is a very specific design that would take Samsung all of 10 mins to work around (e.g. like they did with the Galaxy 10.1n).
And how about the two elephants in the room: Microsoft and Nokia who have built something unique, innovative and just don't seem to get nearly enough respect or credit for their efforts.
Samsung argued that Apple could not claim the rights for all rectangles with rounded corners or other basic geometric designs used for phones and tablets.
The problem is with the system that allows patenting obvious solutions such as rounded corners or click-to-call and not with Apple itself. Heck, even my Game Gear from 20 years ago had rounded corners. Luckily for Apple, Sega didn't think about that patent then. Apple is just the symptom, patent laws need to be completely overhauled (or at least the system for examining existing patents and new patent requests).