In France one mobile operator (Orange) attacked another one (Free) with patent violation and the judge told them something like this : &quot;software cannot be patented: you loose, pay 200k€ of damage&quot;.<p>I&#x27;m quite happy about this outcome but that&#x27;s only a first level judgement and it was this week so it can still be appealed..<p>Now what would be even better is that the patent office which accepted this software patent (illegal here) should be held responsible for this mess, but I&#x27;m not holding my breath..