#CARTELS #GOVT MANDATES

#forprofitmedicine #health #oligarchs #cartels https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PNXbzzbuHJI there's a short worth quoting:

"we do not have a healthcare system in the united states. we have a medical service system that's a wealth transfer operation. you cannot buy health. it's not for sale. our whole notion of medical care and healthcare has to do with ending illness, not promoting wellness. And the objective here is fundamentally inimical to the commodity basis for which medical services are currently grounded, and have been grounded for over a hundred years. And fought for, fiercely, by the capitalists, by the oligarchs, by the pharmaceutical cartels, the hospital cartels, the insurance industry, in order to make it massively profitable, and to monetize suffering and death end of life situations."

Comment les #Narcos ont Envahi #Miami dans les Années 80 ? - #professiongangster

Lors des années 80, Miami a été le théâtre d’une terrible #guerre liée au #trafic de #cocaïne.
Différents #cartels originaires d’ #Amérique du Sud ( #Cuba, #Colombie entre autres) ont effectivement fait régner la #terreur dans le sud de la #Floride.
Nombreuses étaient alors les #victimes (la plupart innocentes).

Pour comprendre comment une telle guerre de la #drogue a pu s’amorcer, je vous propose dans ce #documentaire de retracer l’ #Histoire du #banditisme floridien.
En commençant par les années 20 et en terminant par les années 80 (période pendant laquelle Miami était considéré comme la capitale mondiale de la drogue).

Ainsi, dans cette vidéo, nous nous pencherons sur les #gangsters qui ont joué un rôle déterminant dans l’acheminement de produits illicites à Miami.
Parmi eux, on peut notamment citer #PabloEscobar, #FabioOchoaRestrepo, #RafaelCardonaSalazar, #MaxMermelstein et bien sûr #GriseldaBlanco.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GohIzlJV_8A

#Patents harming the technical industry through SEP #patent #cartels https://www.rcrwireless.com/20220124/uncategorized/sharp-not-weak-or-late-enforcement-is-required-against-recalcitrant-sep-implementers-analyst-angle

Sharp - not weak or late enforcement is required against recalcitrant SEP implementers

Undermining the fundamental patent rights of organizations that commit large R&D resources to develop those technologies and contribute them to the standards would unfairly short-change those innovators.

This #cult of "IP" has already slaughtered hundreds of thousands of Indians, who died because of the #patent #cartels amid #pandemic ; and here come charlatans salaried by the patent profiteers (Sukanya Sarkar) cheering for those who hurt the country https://www.managingip.com/article/b1wcdctgnssdhl/what-indian-startups-want-from-ip-counsel-and-how-to-help-them

What Indian startups want from IP counsel, and how to help them

Counsel from four tech-based startups in India discuss how IP is perceived in-house, its role in raising funding and why businesses must scale up IP capabilities

#MaxWalters speaks of "‘business-backed’ UPC", but what business? #Litigation business? American #patent #cartels that profit from letting COVID-19 spread and mutate? https://www.managingip.com/article/b1w9lnmsvbbqw9/opinion-frances-six-month-ip-plan-is-welcome-but-too-ambitious see http://techrights.org/wiki/Unitary_Patent

Conveniently mistaking #patent #cartels for a "community" http://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2022/01/13/the-successful-development-of-the-eurasian-community/ #patents #monopolies #cartel

The successful development of the Eurasian community - Kluwer Patent Blog

Since the Eurasian Patent Convention was signed in 1994 it has been shaping the global IP landscape. In the 25 years 22.700 Eurasian patents were granted at the Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO).  Recently Eurasia expanded the activities to...

...when your drug regulator is controlled by #BigPharma and the #copyright #cartels do 'studies' in Federal clothing you become disillusioned about this whole concept of regulation

Stop calling #copyright #law "IP regime" and other such nonsense; also, stop suggesting that rejection of #patent and copyright maximalists/extremists means you "fall behind other major jurisdictions" (this 'domino bricks' strategy, which relies on #blackmail by shaming, is used by malicious #cartels https://www.managingip.com/article/b1vzw2zzdrmvnq/misbeliefs-must-not-derail-hong-kong-sar-copyright-reform

Misbeliefs must not derail Hong Kong SAR copyright reform

Sources say proposed amendments to the region’s copyright law are necessary to ensure that its IP regime doesn’t fall behind other major jurisdictions

Totally missing the point. Those #vaccines cost cents to make. Smash the #patent #monopoly as these #cartels rely on #patents to only exacerbate the #pandemic https://truthout.org/articles/usaid-is-running-out-of-money-for-covid-vaccines-while-pentagon-got-778-billion/

USAID Is Running Out of Money for COVID Vaccines While Pentagon Got $778 Billion

The Pentagon will receive $25 billion more than requested — and more than enough to vaccinate everyone in the world.

A company with just a single US #patent has fallen for the illusion that this system protects anything but large corporations that form #cartels by cross-licensing https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/ROBOT-S-A-111616342/news/Robot-S-A-Multilink-technology-acquires-its-first-patent-in-the-United-States-37312561/

Robot S A : Multilink technology acquires its first patent in the United States | MarketScreener

#Openwashing of #patent #cartels or why the term "open" became more useless than just meaningless http://www.fosspatents.com/2021/12/open-ran-patent-pool-named-alium.html #cartel #patents

FWIW, the stereo/hifi unit at home is from 1994 and still working OK. I can imagine we'll use it in 10 years, still... if we bought one TODAY, it would not last 10 years. Quality of components when #priceFixing #cartels have a joint interest...

● NEWS ● #CommonDreams #Cartels ☞ New Report on 'Grocery Cartels' Details Exploitive Retailer #Monopolies https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/11/15/new-report-grocery-cartels-details-exploitive-retailer-monopolies

New Report on 'Grocery Cartels' Details Exploitive Retailer Monopolies

The grocery and food processing industries have "created an illusion of choice and efficiency to disguise their profiteering off of the American consumer, who is unwillingly asked to trade abundance for resilience."

What on Earth does "winning the battle" even mean in this context? Shining the shoes of robber barons and #copyright #cartels that pocket money on the backs of dead people? https://www.managingip.com/article/b1vd9rgb920ws7/publishers-welcome-italys-creative-article-15-solution #eu #italy #france

#Pricefixing #patent #cartels https://www.mondaq.com/uk/patent/1118270/optis-puts-apple39s-feet-to-the-uk-fire-commit-to-frand-or-be-snuffed-out see http://techrights.org/2018/01/01/tcl-v-ericsson/

Optis Puts Apple's Feet To The UK Fire: Commit To FRAND Or Be Snuffed Out - Intellectual Property - UK

Recent developments indicate that the UK is a favorable jurisdiction that owners of standard essential patents ("SEP") can leverage to obtain appropriate SEP rates...

These #pricefixing #patent #cartels that include illegal #patents harm everyone who buys a device; parasitic elements amass capital by gaming the patent system and then weaponsing the system at the state level https://www.managingip.com/article/b1v99fjc635t22/apple-to-pay-uk-courts-frand-rate-escapes-sales-ban

Apple to pay UK court’s FRAND rate, escapes sales ban

Apple was faced with a UK-wide FRAND injunction unless it agreed to pay the still-unknown global FRAND rate

"In an ideal world, a #patent might very well be valid and infringed. In the real world, a patent has to be valid first. An invalid patent is useless for infringement. Plus, you can’t just claim whatever is infringed and hope for the best." #patents as #pyramidscheme of #priceFixing #cartels http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2021/10/breaking-mercer-review-on-uk-patent.html?showComment=1635502710244#c4049535114148514194

BREAKING: Mercer Review on UK patent attorney exams released

The IPKat blog reports on copyright, patent, trade mark, info-tech and privacy/confidentiality issues from a mainly UK and European perspective.

FOSS Patents: #EU competition chief's tough talk on #cartels doesn't bode well for automotive #patent #cartel ⚓ http://www.fosspatents.com/2021/10/eu-competition-chiefs-tough-talk-on.html ䷉ #fosspatents | more in http://schestowitz.com/2021/10/24/#latest

Those two statements can be true (possible) at the same time: 1) vaccine companies are greedy, dramatising, #patent #cartels that don't care about people's lives but about profits. 2) the #pandemic is a real crisis that should be taken seriously