Comment Re:Just a reminder: Samsung isn't innocent here (Score 1) 412
I don't particularly agree with Apple's stance, but your argument actually points out some reasons why it may be valid.
"To make money, you must design, market, and sell a product that the consumer..."
"In fact, every company in existence should just quit conducting market research, stop paying for focus groups..."
What Apple is saying, right or wrong, is that Samsung in fact failed to design and market a product that would be successful, they failed in their market research, failed in using focus groups and instead saw that Apple was successful and copied their design. Especially telling that they changed their design to match the iPads before their product release as Apple's success was more important to their design decisions then their own research and design.