Beyond ethics, there's also geopolitics involved. Weaker patent guidelines in USA gives a competitive advantage to the USA over the rest of the world. Of course

Beyond ethics, there's also geopolitics involved. Weaker patent guidelines in USA gives a competitive advantage to the USA over the rest of the world. Of course any country is free to submit patents as they please (in accordance with the WTO), but USA companies de facto submit more patents, the same way as a USA citizen has more indemnities in case of plane crash, which ensures an ongoing dominance for the rolling 20 years. See it this way: As a French person I'd love that your guidelines become more strict, because it would give more opportunity for the smaller French startups to grow; If I were American, I would love if patents were used to bring money back from the French companies to USA. The irony is, patent trolls attack other Americans more often than foreign countries, which hasted the debate about patent trolls. Hence, Kudos to the Supreme Court for putting better bounds on patent laws, especially since that means losing a little leverage for American companies.