Comment: Re:No one at Apple listens to that Steve anymore (Score 1) 330
I've been in this industry for over 25 years. I've used Apples from the beginning. I have kept up on developments of the industry for that long at least. Apple licensed it from Xerox and it is hard to understand how they couldn't have known what they were licensing.
You probably need to go back and read some of the history written by those involved in it. There's plenty. Apple visited Xerox and played with the devices, etc. Both Jobs and Gates admit to taking from Xerox. Apple did a cya by licensing it.
Apple did try to sue Microsoft for copyright on the interface elements many years later. They lost. You just can't copyright certain things such as the feel of a chair or carpet or the dash of a car. You can't do the same with a computer software interface nor with the look of a machine.