IANALblahblahblah Design patents cover ornamental aspects, and can be invalidated if those aspects provide a functional utility. You can't cover round wheels u

IANALblahblahblah Design patents cover ornamental aspects, and can be invalidated if those aspects provide a functional utility. You can't cover round wheels under a design patent, but you could cover purple wheels with one. You can remove Apple's patented animations and icons from your clone of their software and the software would still function. You can't remove this_Is_Patented_So_Do_Not_Use() from an API if something's going to break by sending it and not getting the proper response back.