Whatever benefit in the market Apple hopes to achieve by this suit to me seems likely to be worth far less than the loss of good will and prestige Apple will suffer if they vigorously pursue this case (let alone if they initiate more such suits).

via Daring Fireball: This Apple-HTC Patent Thing.

I can’t help but connect this idea:

Copying ideas is how progress is made. It’s copying implementations that is wrong (and illegal). Admittedly there are gray areas, and reasonable people can disagree about whether some specific instances cross that line.

With this quote dug up by Engadget:

“Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal”