And people are still trying to pick apart individual features when it's the entirety of the design that matters. The fact that Apple did or didn't do any individual feature first is irrelevant. It's how the put all the features together.
I don't understand how anyone can say that Samsung did not purposely copy Apple's design. The app menu alone is evidence enough.
Whether or not Samsung's copying is legal is a completely different question. I think it probably will be found to be legal, but it's ridiculous to dismiss Apple's claims as baseless. They have a decent case.
But it doesn't matter in the end. Preliminary injunctions could have hurt Samsung, but if the cases get to trial, the end result is probably going to be a settlement where Apple gets what they want (an agreement for specific design changes to differentiate), and Samsung keeps selling phones and tablets. A year from now, Samsung would have made changes to their design anyway.