"End Software Patents (ESP) has filed an amicus curiae brief in the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit's (CAFC) rehearing of the In re Bilski case. The rehearing could lead to the elimination of patents on software.

A couple of important court decisions may constitute a change of law, but it’s too early to tell for sure. Bilski is due very soon and the SSP Web site suggests that immense lobbying is likely to ensue

This interview is part of a series following the Supreme Court's Bilski decision, which left the laws on what you can get a patent on largely as they are, after a four-justice minority failed to ban "business method" patents.

Bilski gave us a wonderful opportunity to increase awareness to the harm caused by software patents. More scholars, more developers, more journalists, more politicians, and more patent attorneys than ever before have heard from our community on this issue. What's next?

Apple stifles iPod/iTunes interoperability with GNU/Linux, gets sued over patents, gets advertisements banned for deception

Rambus antitrust comes to the Supreme Court; Bilski strikes again; isolated hardware patents news; trolls attack

Google's policy on patents remains troublesome; Bilski and EPO roundup

Summary/roundup of posts about Bilski, in relation to software patents in particular

Early reports suggest that judges are hostile towards abstract patents like Bilski's