Well, the actual design patent (670286) was really only about a device with rounded rectangles (if you look at the solid lines in their drawing as declared by t

Well, the actual design patent (670286) was really only about a device with rounded rectangles (if you look at the solid lines in their drawing as declared by them). And it was one of the points in their litigation. People remember history incidences with one lines that made them famous, but that doesn't make the fact incorrect. Also, the other points were almost equally ludicrous. There is no sweeping generalization here.