It wasn't a matter of need. It was a matter of principle. If you spend billions of dollars in R&D to invent a device, and a competitor just copies it, then it stands to reason that they should pay loyalties for every one of theirs that is sold.
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They didn't invent cell phones or touch screens. Apple is standing on the shoulders of giants.
If you read the documents, this is all about trade dress, which may be inspired by others but can be claimed as your own if you build a strong enough case.
Samsung's deliberate copying of the iPhone, as directed by management and documented quite extensively in the evidence, is the source of most of these problems. When you have Samsung saying "Make it more like the iPhone" you have problems.
They are not claiming to have invented cell phones or touch screens.