Supreme Court ruling on business methods a resounding "well, maybe..."

The US Supreme Court ended a busy session Monday by releasing significant rulings on gun control, first amendment rights, corporate accounting oversight, and...patents!

Bilski made its way to the Supreme Court during this session. The Court, which heard the case in November, took a middle path in its ruling, agreeing with a lower court's decision that the Bilski patent application was too abstract to be patented but stopping short of an outright end to business method patents.

So, it looks like folks will be duking this issue out in the courts for years to come.