If you've read those, you should know enough to delete the "edit: Yes, go ahead and downvote me for pointing out how stupid you are." part of your comment.
Things like that detract from your message, especially if you are correct. And you were at least half right in that those are only part of the design patents asserted. The problem is that Apple really did argue that rounded rectangles were a protected design element. While you can argue over how big a part of the design patents that was, it was something Apple's own lawyers argued over at trial.
So the facts are that they claimed to own that idea in court and that some people think that was absurd. Everything else is a matter of opinion, especially the matter of how important those claims are to the design patents. So you're free to disagree how important that feature of the design patents was. But other people are also free to say that when they argue it in court, it's fair game for criticism. That's all a matter of opinion, and we're each entitled to our own.
Things like that detract from your message, especially if you are correct. And you were at least half right in that those are only part of the design patents asserted. The problem is that Apple really did argue that rounded rectangles were a protected design element. While you can argue over how big a part of the design patents that was, it was something Apple's own lawyers argued over at trial.
So the facts are that they claimed to own that idea in court and that some people think that was absurd. Everything else is a matter of opinion, especially the matter of how important those claims are to the design patents. So you're free to disagree how important that feature of the design patents was. But other people are also free to say that when they argue it in court, it's fair game for criticism. That's all a matter of opinion, and we're each entitled to our own.