Comment by beckler
5 years ago
Copyright doesn’t really apply to UI designs.
Patents can apply, but it’s really only used in novel and unique situations. Even if Replit had a patient on its UI/UX design, if you were able to find evidence of prior art, you could petition to invalidate.
Not to disagree with you. Didn't Apple sue Microsoft for copying the Mac UI on copyright ground? I know they settled, not sure what's the real legal outcome of it.
Edit: Ok, just looked it up. Apple lost all claims on copyrighting the Mac UI.