[drcube]

You just basically said "I want to slap people who say Apple patented the rectangle. See, what they really did was patent the rectangle. Only a stupid troll wouldn't see the difference."

I'm not seeing it. Either way Samsung had to pay a billion dollars because they made a rectangular phone with rounded corners. How would it be different if Apple actually did patent the rectangle? What's the actual, relevant difference here? How exactly is the parent wrong?

[xenophanes]

There are other rectangular phones which Apple is not suing. Why is that? By investigating this question, you may shed light on whether rectangles alone is the issue or not.

[drcube]

Because they don't sue everybody? It's widely understood that Apple is avoiding bringing Google to court, for example, for strategic reasons. And some "infringers" are just too small to sue. It's a cost benefit calculation, not an admission that Samsung is the only offender. And Apple certainly has sued plenty of other companies for similarly frivolous reasons.

[bduerst]

You can sue whomever you want. The Samsung and the S3 just happened to be their target.