Supreme Court ruling on patents

[Intrigued]

"The U.S. Supreme Court, in a unanimous opinion, overturned the decades old test for determine whether a patent is obvious. The Court ruled that the Court had looked at obviousness in a "narrow, rigid manner." This should allow patents to be more easily invalidated because they are obvious."

(source: slashdot.org)

Will this help stem the tide of "patent mania".

We'll see...