> The US Supreme Court just ruled In re. Bilski. They upheld the appeals court
> decision that Mr. Bilski should *not* get his algorithm patent.

> So, as I see it, the US is now in the same boat as the EU: the extremes are
> clear and the middle is left undecided, and now the courts must decide each
> case on its own merits until there is enough case law to establish a clear rule,
> or set of rules. The difference of course is that the EU courts are not (yet?)
> flooded with high profile cases.
>
> I wonder how the other 50% of the world economy will set its rules.

Since software piracy is rampant everywhere else [China, Russia/Eastern Europe, and India], the rest of the world doesn't seem to care about the rules, in the first place.


Sean