There is a category of patents called "design patents". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_patent http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_patent In Apple v. Sams

There is a category of patents called "design patents". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_patent http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_patent In Apple v. Samsung, Samsung was found to infringe some of these, see e.g. http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/08/ban-this-apple-lists-8-samsung-devices-it-wants-kept-out-of-the-us/ http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/08/ban-this-apple-lists-8-...