QUOTE (G&T @ Aug 26, 2012 -> 08:44 PM)
Actually not really. Patent law is seen as a sort of exception to antitrust. Furthermore, if Samsung could show that they created everything independently, there would be no infringement. Clearly that isn't what happened. Last, if you want competition, then tell Samsung to make something truly innovative.
And it isn't infinite.
Edit: and the mouse is a bad example. What Jobs did was took the idea and "improved it" by making it with one button. There's nothing wrong with that.
I would hardly say 1-button is an improvement. I can never figure out how to use those apple mouses. He messed with a good thing.