I have heard various rumbling about this trade agreement but I do not
know much more.
However it seems that there is a 90 page chapter on intellectual property.
The following is a link to an article on Resilience web site about
the Wikileaks publication of the chapter.

http://tinyurl.com/k9dyrm8

the next link is to the document itself.

https://wikileaks.org/tpp/

I have not yet read it myself but I thought it might be better if a
number of people on here read it at about the same time.
There are parts that increase the time patents of medicines and there
is even a provision to patent surgical procedures.
Internet Service Providers might also be made liable for certain acts.

As Australia is involved and I do not trust pollies to get this sort
of thing right it should have wide coverage.

Ugghhh, I might have bitten off more than I can chew with this.
How on earth it can be understood by those of us who are reasonably
competent in other fields is a mystery.
It does explain how the public servants can put it all over the pollies.
The lobbyists for the drug companies and agriculture genetic companies
together with the public servants involved could overwhelm the political system.
Should this section on intellectual property rights be in a trade treaty anyway ?

More spin equals more freedoms lost.

Bazz,
You are basically on the right track. Professor Mariana Mazzucato's recently published book, "The Entrepreneurial State" makes many valid comments about the TPP negotiations and the pharmaceutical industry.

The bulk of the new medicines developed in the USA are developed either in government owned laboratories or are funded by government in privately owned labs. The same applies to the bulk of the discoveries in the electronics field. Nearly all the technology included in Apple products was initially developed by research groups commissioned by, and paid by, the defence or space industries. Even the algorism initially used by Google was a government development.

Mazzucato quoted an cancer treatment as an example. A years supply of the drug costs $1,000 to produce but the retail charge is $20,000. The US Government charges 0.5% royalty.

Instead of attempting to help companies rip off patients worldwide the US Govt should be attempting to reign in the gouging of American citizens by the manufacturing and marketing ghouls.

Foyle - Quote "US Govt should be attempting to reign in the gouging of American citizens by the manufacturing and marketing ghouls."

Problem 1, the Governments are controlled by big business.
People might elect them but the conglomerates mostly give the orders.

removed the s from your link
http://wikileaks.org/tpp/

its as simple..as when..
you..have the motive..plus the means..
so why not..just do..it..and they are..on..so many fronts
its about..who *owns the data..[info/data..is the new money]
http://southeasterndisability.wordpress.com/2013/11/17/the-era-of-big-data/

missing..the real..values
http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/what-they-cant-take-the-only-thing-you-own-are-the-skills-in-your-hands-and-the-knowledge-in-your-mind_11162013

http://www.businessinsider.com/expert-says-the-nsa-is-probably-spying-on-you-2013-6

yes we must be concerned
[cause its a reliable..as a coin-flip]

http://12160.info/profiles/blogs/tsa-s-1-billion-behavioral-detection-program-only-slightly-more

the logic behind it all?
http://rinf.com/alt-news/breaking-news/empire-and-cyber-imperialism-the-logic-behind-the-global-spy-structure/

http://rinf.com/alt-news/breaking-news/israel-involved-in-us-data-collection/

http://investmentwatchblog.com/enter-the-quantum-program-the-internet-is-now-weaponized-and-you-are-the-target/
[welcome..to hell]
http://rinf.com/alt-news/breaking-news/report-israel-saudi-arabia-cooperating-on-possible-attack-on-iran/
http://in.news.yahoo.com/kerry-visit-israel-friday-discuss-iran-deal-netanyahu-093315964.html? [on 22..de[50th anaversary of jfk]?
http://henrymakow.com/2013/11/Zionist-Media-Collaborates-in-JFK-Coverup%20.html
http://rinf.com/alt-news/breaking-news/stabilized-footage-of-jfk-assassination-shows-car-slowed-down-before-head-shot/

but..this is the kicker.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-said-to-be-working-with-saudi-arabia-on-iran-strike-plan/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

but back to..ttp
http://action.eff.org/o/9042/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=9357&t=t

the govt/banker business.l;ink
http://investmentwatchblog.com/why-banking-corporate-america-and-the-government-need-each-other/

whifi/spy
http://rinf.com/alt-news/breaking-news/seattle-wi-fi-spy-network-has-not-been-deactivated/

what..is a low phone id score?
http://www.blacklistednews.com/Your_cell_phone_number_could_be_blocked_if_you_receive_a_low_%27Phone-ID_Score%27/30372/0/38/38/Y/M.html

ever heard of fusion centers
http://rinf.com/alt-news/breaking-news/dhs-creates-new-fusion-centers-taking-control-of-local-police/

no sniffer dogs..we track..you by your dna
http://www.blacklistednews.com/Guest_Post%3A_The_Government_Plans_To_Track_Us_And_Those_We_Are_Related_To_Using_Our_DNA/30332/0/38/38/Y/M.html

dna sampling crims[next re-define criminality]
http://www.federaljack.com/washington-state-prosecutor-pushing-for-law-that-takes-dna-sample-from-anyone-arrested/

hand held.face scaner..
http://investmentwatchblog.com/police-issued-hand-held-facial-recognition-scanners-in-san-diego-california/

truther sites being set-up
http://12160.info/video/alternative-media-under-attack-someone-trying-to-set-up?xg_source=activity

94 ways to recognise a terrorist
http://12160.info/main/mobilepage/desktopMode?target=%2Fxn%2Fdetail%2F2649739%3ABlogPost%3A1357739
http://www.activistpost.com/2013/11/cops-kill-8-times-more-americans-than.html
working..with the cia's drug cartel[to pay for secret wars/spying]
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2507113/JPMorgan-forced-cancel-Twitter-Q-A-barrage-abuse.html
http://12160.info/profiles/blogs/poppy-fields-forever-opium-and-the-cia?xg_source=activity

3000plus..get life..no..parole[for non-violent crime][no bankers]
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/13/us-prisoners-sentences-life-non-violent-crimes

afgam record..for..h
http://xrepublic.tv/node/6182

oz debt
http://www.hangthebankers.com/australia-facing-debt-crisis/

internet off switch
http://rinf.com/alt-news/breaking-news/homeland-security-must-disclose-internet-kill-switch-court-rules/

peer to peer=not private
http://www.techspot.com/news/54675-federal-judge-rules-that-data-sent-through-peer-to-peer-file-sharing-is-not-private.html

bigger bubbles=bigger bailouts
till..lol..it trickles down?..it never does..
give it to..the people..[not corperate 'persons']

"We've taken everything the poor have and now we have to loot the middle class to keep our ponzi scheme going.
http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/a-global-war-on-savers/2013/11/15/

http://investmentwatchblog.com/the-federal-reserve-is-monetizing-a-staggering-amount-of-u-s-government-debt/

backdoor bailout
http://rinf.com/alt-news/breaking-news/fed-insider-exposes-giant-central-bank-easing-swindle/
http://investmentwatchblog.com/backdoor-bailouts-are-now-permanent/

gmo inoculation..by..areosol[ignoring 3 rd..gen gets sterility]..
http://preventdisease.com/news/13/111513_Australia-Determined-To-Forcibly-Vaccinate-By-Intentional-and-Controlled-Release-Aerosolized-GMO-Vaccine.shtml?utm_source=111513&utm_campaign=111513&utm_medium=email

http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/1999/04/toxic-pollen-bt-corn-can-kill-monarch-butterflies

http://12160.info/main/mobilepage/desktopMode?target=%2Fxn%2Fdetail%2F2649739%3ABlogPost%3A1358861

Scary stuff, Bazz. So corporations get to sue us if they don't like our laws? That Obozo is destroying America and now wants to force his crap on us? Hopefully our lot will tell him to poff!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMPE25SpRVk

Raw Mustard, I think the part about overseas companies sueing the
Australian government if our laws disadvantage one of their companies
is in another part. Could not find it in this chapter.
Does not mean it is not there.
I guess that is the art of the draftsman, use wording that politicians
would not use in searchers of the document.
You could hide anything that way if it was big enough.

TPP: NAFTA on Steroids
http://www.activistpost.com/2013/11/tpp-nafta-on-steroids.html

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a trade deal from hell. It's a stealth corporate coup d'etat.

It's a giveaway to banksters. It's a global neoliberal ripoff.
http://investmentwatchblog.com/uk-eu-and-u-s-siphon-off-billions-of-householders-savings/
It's a business empowering Trojan horse. It's a freedom and ecosystem destroying nightmare.
http://torrentfreak.com/we-must-start-punishing-copyright-monopoly-abuse-to-at-least-symmetry-131117/

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) calls it "a secretive, multi-national trade agreement that threatens to extend restrictive intellectual property (IP) laws across the globe and rewrite international rules on its enforcement."
http://investmentwatchblog.com/fabian-calvo-its-the-end-of-the-road-rush-to-hard-assets-looting-of-the-country-happening-right-nowfed-printing-125-billion-a-month/

here is the cost..of just one vote

http://www.activistpost.com/2013/11/economic-warfare-philippines-offered.html

it all depends on..what this mob..wants
http://rinf.com/alt-news/editorials/israels-exceptionalism-and-the-un/

then some how finishing it off
http://presstv.com/detail/2013/11/17/335185/us-hostility-with-iran-over-sovereignty/

Here's more on it Bazz.

TPP secrets Obama covertly handing more power to corporations
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFAj8MlW390#t=600

This guy talks about Australians being enraged by this but I don't know anyone that even knows about it? I wonder where he gets that idea?

TPP secrets Obama
covertly handing more power to corporations

http://xrepublic.tv/node/6266

Folks,
This is the "New World Order" flexing its muscles.
The "Illuminati" rides again