Apple also sued Digital Research for “copying” their user interface in a product called GEM. Digital Research would probably have prevailed eventually, but would have gone bankrupt in the process because Apple had much deeper pockets. It’s somewhat ironic when you realize that the Apple user interface was substantially copied from the Xerox Alto.
— Jonathan E. Steinhart, The Secret Life of Programs
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