Early and influential Apple icon designer Susan Kare, who has also designed well-known icons for Microsoft, NeXT, Eazel, IBM and Facebook, was called by Apple to the witness stand in the Apple vs. Samsung trial to comment on the visual similarities of Samsung's products compared to Apple's. She said that the overall similarity of Samsung's icon, screen and other elements went "beyond coincidence" and reflected a deliberate attempt to mimic Apple's work, to the point that she once confused the two companies' products.
