Posted in Europe, Patents at 12:25 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: The lack of law at the EPO, Europe’s second-largest institution, is a symptom of the sorts of things we saw in Germany since summertime until Christmas (lobbyists of the lucrative patent litigation sector have infiltrated and captured agenda-setting seats)
THIS ought to be said more often, but Team UPC will never admit that its mischief is deeply connected to EPO abuses, which are excused by the very same entities that enabled Benoît Battistelli and nowadays censor/suppress comments critical of António Campinos. The last thing they want is someone like a former ICC judge (true story by the way, that’s Cuno Tarfusser at the top) entering the EPO and following the paper trail/paperwork, only to find endless instances of corruption, misuse of power, and even serious crimes that merit long prison sentences. If the EPO restores lawfulness, far fewer patents will be granted, examiners will do their job more prope