Maybe.
The upcoming en banc session of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit happening in May is an important one. Brad Stone of the New York Times has a nice short summary of what is going on here in New Patentable Idea: A Way to Invalidate Vague Patents.
The End Software Patents Coalition has launched. Look for a lot more from me in the near future on this as my efforts to abolish software patents intensifies.