EPO dictators Benoît Battistelli and António Campinos love small economies where love can be bought cheaply (that they also speak French is a bonus, being their mother's tongue)
Summary: It's time for another round of fluff at the EPO, this time without even travelling (PR-over-'ViCo')
Microsoft pays publishers to spread the illusion that the only viable option for developers and non-developers is "drugs" like Visual Studio and Microsoft Office, respectively
Seeing that the patent "industry" has turned to serious crimes (sometimes to cover up corruption) and seeing that the net negative is clearer for all to see, people who argue for abolition of all patents will have a field day