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[TheWraith]

18. Let's be honest: Apple's suing because they don't want to compete with Samsung.

That's the only real reason. And as you noted, yes, it's reached pretty absurd heights. Apple submitted a document in one of the suits of design suggestions for Samsung that Apple thought would not "infringe" on their products: I actually, swear to God, thought that it was a parody the first time I read it. It was that ridiculous. Among the other ideas besides "no rounded corners" they suggested that Samsung should use:

"Display screens that are not centered on the front surface of the phone and that have substantial lateral borders"
"Phones without bezels at all or very different-looking bezels that are not thin"
"Thick frames rather than a thin rim around the front surface"
"Profiles that are not thin"
"A cluttered appearance"

Those are all their words, verbatim, from the court filing: they want to legally demand that Samsung make thick, square, and ugly tablets so Apple won't feel infringed upon and go out trying to sue them.