> But that doesn't really matter, you can adopt concepts and designs from 3rd parties (including competitors) so long as the same is not protected. Maybe it's

> But that doesn't really matter, you can adopt concepts and designs from 3rd parties (including competitors) so long as the same is not protected. Maybe it's legal but I don't think it's ethical. And while implementing someone else's concept in your own way is one thing, point for point copying of a user interface that someone else designed is entirely another. > What is unfortunate and "twisted" is claiming a research university is a patent troll. I never claimed this.