U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Software Patent Case   The Electronic
Frontier Foundation has an excellent analysis of what is at
stake here depending on how the Supreme Court rules. With
Congress currently dealing with the Innovations Act (a bill
meant to curb patent trolling) and the Supreme Court taking up
the issue, we could see positive changes to how software patents
are obtained and how they are enforced in the future. When it
comes to games, vague software patents can drain companies of
thousands or millions of dollars due to either out of court
settlements or legal fees, so its important that this issue is
settled in a real and meaningful way. We will have more on this
story as it develops.  Source: EFF      1. 0     Sleaker says:
Hmm, hopefully software is determined to be too abstract to
patent.  It's already elligible for copyright protection, which
seems like enough as far as the industry is concerned with.
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