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Cementing Autocracy: The European Patent Office Against Democracy, Against Media, and Against the Rule of Law

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Summary: The European Patent Office (EPO) actively undermines democracy in Europe, it undermines the freedom of the press (by paying it for puff pieces), and it undermines the rule of law by giving one single tyrant total power in Eponia and immunity from outside Eponia (even when he breaks his own rules)

THE situation at the EPO has gotten so bad that the EPO is now buying the media for some Milan spin (among other spin) to help sell the UPC to the gullible public officials. This culmination in lobbying demonstrates the moral depravity to which Battistelli and his goons are willing to sink.



The UPC is an assault on EU democracy (and in the UK what we are seeing in that regard is total disregard for the referendum), which is effectively being stolen by lobbyists and patent lawyers of large corporations. The "UPC [is] on the Council agenda of this Friday," Benjamin Henrion wrote, "I told you so. Italian minister seems to lobby for Milan without even a discussion in Parliament."

We first wrote about it last night. Italians should protest that day, along with their media (already covered UPC).

Was the public consulted on this? Why does the media, which was paid by the EPO, support this with some puff pieces that involve Team UPC? How corrupt can things get and when will European politician start to genuinely care? And not just because they perceive it as an opportunity to promote their political party, e.g. in France...

The Battistelli regime has gotten so oppressive recently that SUEPO is silent (not a single word for three weeks) and the attack on the appeal boards intensifies behind closed doors (the secretive Board 28). "This Office has really become a banana republic," one comment says today. "Looks like a last, desperate attempt of Battistelli and his henchmen to avoid that at the next AC the disciplinary case is closed," this person notes, in relation to the news about Battistelli trying to prevent the scapegoat from getting his job back (or basically return to work before the end of his term). Here is another new comment about it:



If the matter were not so serious for the accused (or should that be former accused and/or victim?), this Wile E Coyote-esque persistence would draw a chuckle. As one person has pointed out, late filed submissions are required to be prima facie relevant and OK, maybe, if you can give us another reasoning because the one you have come with isn't good enough, isn't normally the procedure to follow. I note that, in the Social Study (?), PWC have found that the office's actions have met the requirement of the EPO's legal framework. The mind boggles about what wouldn't.


We wrote about the PWC 'study' just after its release on Friday. It's hogwash. It's just ammunition for lobbying in next month's Administrative Council's meeting (there are also court rulings from the Netherlands coming up very soon).

One person added that "there is no "Res Judicata" at the EPO, nor does ILO-AT require this of its member organisations (and the EPO is not a member of ILO-AT)."

Another person remarked on "the issue of res judicata" as follows:

They would not go for the same accusations.

Actually, rumors were circulating around the last meeting of the AC that the president had a completely new strategy to deal with the suspended member of the AC, since the first one did not work.

A new accusation would have been made according to which the suspended member had discussed with an external IP lawyer a case in front of the BoA, thus contravening the requirement of confidentiality for anyone working at the office.

That would have been considered as "misconduct" - the punishment for which we all know is dismissal.

I have no further details - such as "when did this discussion take place", "was at an informal meeting", "which proof did they have", "did the office require the Lawyer to testify" or anything else.

I understand the defense of the suspended member was aware of these rumors.


We shall be keeping a close eye on this. If anyone out there has access to internal affairs of Board 28, please consider getting in touch with us. Information lapses and secrecy currently achieve nothing but harm staff. This also harms the EPO as a whole by making redemption improbable.

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