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Re:Google's dropping H.264 from Chrome a step backward for o... by SimonPStevens on Thursday January 13, 2011 @07:44AM (#2099602)
I am far from a lawyer, but there are several international patent treaties, signed by a wide range of countries. See - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_parties_to_internationa...

Also there's the World Intellectual Property Organization (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Intellectual_Property_Org...) of which the majority of counties are members.

Yes, specifically software patents may be considered a bit of an unconfirmed area, but I doubt it's something many people would want to risk going up against.

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