Samsung is like a skinny kid

Apple v Samsung is like Goliath v his slightly skinner classmate. Like all skinny kids we can understand why Samsung wants to be like Goliath. Goliaths get all the girls. So Samsung wants to be almost as cool as Apple.

Technology companies having a crack at each other is a regular event these days. Why is that?

It's because intellectual property is valuable, very valuable and because determining whether a piece of technology infringes someone else's IP can often be a matter of very subjective opinion.

Before we get onto the detail of Apple v Samsung stoush, a little bit of law: intellectual property does NOT protect an idea. Ideas are great . . . but unless the idea turns into something you can protect, then it's just that . . . an idea.