I’ve seen companies get sued and lose in court for copying UIs. So no, legally speaking, copying a UI is not something that companies ignore.

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kube-system 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The look and feel of an interface could be covered under a design patent, which would be a different question than copyright, and a much higher bar to enforce (particularly, protection is far from automatic).

	▲	pryelluw 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		You’re talking about enforcement which is a fair point of view, but I’m taking about likelihood of getting sued and having to settle in order to avoid the risk of losing a case in court. Which is the more common case for situations where one company alleges the other stole their IP.

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gpm 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Can you point to cases so I can google them?

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Froedlich 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Borland Quattro.

	▲	gpm 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		In that case no infringement was found though?