all you have to do to avoid prosecution is to show a previous use of the same components... similar to the way Apple anoided MS years back with their attempt to copyright the Windows look and feel...
Apple have a bloody cheek! They nicked the idea from Xerox Parc, in the first place. I believe Steve Jobs admits as much.Why we're not all using Xerox-compitible PCs now, instead of IBM-compatible PCs, is beyond me! Xerox were leaps and bounds ahead of anyone else, at the time.