[OT] EU patents [was Microsoft filled patent applications for scoped and immutable types]

[Dragos Carp via Digitalmars-d]

>>
>> Any links to quickly get into the topic? This is first time I 
>> hear about
>> it.
>
> What's really bad is that there is also CETA, which is an 
> agreement between the EU and Canada, and which is nothing than 
> an inconspicuous back door to achieve much of the same thing as 
> TTIP. Unfortunately it has gotten basically no media attention 
> at all (at least in Germany, TTIP has been mentioned several 
> times at least), despite being ratified soon, and despite its 
> potentially far reaching consequences for the western society 
> in general.
>
> You can get an overview on Wikipedia. Apart from the patent 
> system and several environmental "unifications", an especially 
> concerning part is ISDS:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_Trade_and_Investment_Partnership#National_sovereignty_and_Investor_State_Dispute_Settlements_.28ISDS.29

The Süddeutsche Zeitung has an interesting series on the topic 
(unfortunately German only):
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/thema/TTIP-Recherche

There is also http://stop-ttip.org .