There's been a case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court for awhile that could have meant the end of software patents. Now that the SCOTUS has ruled on it, not much seems to have immediately changed. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/06/28/151228/Supremes-Throw-Out-Bilski-Patent http://bit.ly/clyBsr (Washington Post) -- Dave O