Apple is not after App Store developers’ IP →
Nilay Patel at Engadget explains the whole Apple patent stealing ‘Where To?’ UI issue:
Second, the only operative parts of a patent are the claims — not the drawings, and not the description, which are technically known as the “specification.” (We’ve now repeated this basic axiom of patent interpretation so many times we’re considering making T-shirts.) The only reason the drawings and description are there is to explain the claimed invention in sufficient detail so that someone else can make it.