Bilski v. Kappos [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilski http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilski ] was recently picked for review by the Supreme Court. An affirmatio

Bilski v. Kappos [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilski http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilski ] was recently picked for review by the Supreme Court. An affirmation of the Federal Circuit decision (rejecting the patentability of a "business method patent" for hedge fund trading) could have a sweeping impact on software patents. Those in the software patent industry (law firms, et al), as well some companies with extensive patent holdings, have filed amicus briefs against the Federal Circuit decision [ http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2009/03/bilski-v-doll-round-i-of-amicus-briefs.html?b49634b0 http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2009/03/bilski-v-doll-round-... ]. Obviously, there has been a lot of activity concerning this case: [ http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2009/08/top-patently-o-posts-from-the-past-year.html http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2009/08/top-patently-o-posts... ]