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Wow, this case is a perfect illustration of the idea that patents are just such a great source of innovation and wealth. I'm sure, without Creative's heroic innovation and genius engineers, no one would have ever figured out that it would be useful to have "an interface that lets users navigate through a tree of expanding options, such as selecting an artist, then a particular album by that artist, then a specific song from that album". Without Creative's brilliant creativity--which we would not have been blessed with but for the incentives of reaping $100M in go-away money from the big guy on the block--society would forever be doomed to have MP3 players that only allow you to choose from thousands of songs alphabetically. Think how much time and effort we are all spared now, due to this blockbuster innovation by Creative.
