07.10.13
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Yesterday's UPC Event Was a Reminder That Team Battistelli is Still in Charge of the European Patent Organisation, Fronting for Team UPC
Team Battistelli, which still comprises Margot Fröhlinger and now António Campinos, joins Team UPC in pressuring politicians and courts to introduce an unconstitutional patent trolls' fantasy, spurring a boon for litigation firms
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First Act of António Campinos: Pushing the Unconstitutional Unitary Patent (UPC)
One day after starting his job the new President of the EPO already lobbies — even publicly — for an antidemocratic and unconstitutional piece of proposed legislation designed to help patent trolls and law firms that want low patent quality
IAM is Still Working for Benoît Battistelli and His Toxic Agenda
The indefinitely-stalled (likely dead) UPC is brought up again based on mere rumours and speculations, soon to be amplified (as usual) by Team UPC and Team Battistelli
First Day for António Campinos is Done, But Some Media is Still Publishing 90th-Minute Battistelli Puff Pieces
António Campinos has not (as far as we're aware) made a statement, except perhaps internally, and media still talks about so-called 'achievements' of Benoît Battistelli, who left the Office more than 3 days ago
Asked by the Media Why European Inventor Award Was Held in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, the EPO Refuses to Explain
António Campinos would be encouraged to look closely at the financial dealings of his predecessor because, as various experts explain to the media, those dealings are illegal and Battistelli's diplomatic immunity has just officially ended
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Buzzwords and Hyped-Up Patent Cases (Like Berkheimer) Are Still Being Exploited to Promote Software Patents
The attempts to overcome Alice and bypass Section 101 are becoming ever more desperate and dishonest; some law firms still bring up Berkheimer v HP and Aatrix Software v Green Shades (old decisions, virtually abandoned by now) and others carry on with "blockchains", "AI" and so on (new varnish on same old software patents)
The Corporate Media Continues to Promote Software Patents Which Are Clearly and Demonstrably Next to Worthless (Only the Lawyers Benefit)
Forbes went on a 'rampage' of patent propaganda (advancing software patents in a number of blogs) and some companies still foolishly sue with such patents, relying on quantity of such patents (case complexity) to potentially compensate for lack of quality/merit
Patent Law Firms Have Become Debased and Intolerant of Courts/Judges, Just Like EPO Management
A few new observations regarding the unreasonable position of patent law firms, which wrongly assume that a patent being granted implies it oughtn't be scrutinised any longer (they want something like a religion, not science where mere claims/hypotheses can be questioned based on their merit)
The Innocent (Wrongly Accused of Patent Infringement) Should Be Fully Compensated by the Aggressor/s and Maintain Basic Privacy
Questions about legal harassment by patent litigation (often means of compelling parties to settle before court or out of court after a lawsuit) and how that relates to the positive ruling after years of patent bullying by Cisco (against much smaller competitors)
The Patent Maximalists Are Losing the Battle Over PTAB/CAFC Policies/Caselaw, Resulting in Underhanded Tactics
Policies don't favour the patent maximalists anymore; but they attempt to use anything they can to change these policies, even if that means manipulation of information and deceptive tactics (stirring up controversies where there are none)
Stop Patenting Life, Nature is Not an Invention
The ongoing lobby for patents on nature (euphemistically referred to as "Life Sciences") carries on without reluctance; we must all challenge the notion that nature and life are human inventions which therefore merit patent monopolies
The EPO's Attacks on Bloggers Other Than Me (and ILO-AT Being Utterly Unpredictable)
An infamous example wherein ILO-AT acted more like a parrot of EPO management (under Battistelli's leadership, i.e. a one-person management) and ignored court rulings from outside the EPO
Welcoming António Campinos, New President of the European Patent Office
António Campinos starts his job today; we wish him the best of luck and hope he will surprise us for the better
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PTAB Agrees With Patent Examiners on Rejections of Applications Based on Alice/Section 101, But Watch Out for the Spin
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) is still encouraging patent examiners to reject patent applications on abstract ideas; the patent microcosm, however, tells a different story
Anthony Kennedy’s Retirement From SCOTUS Means That the Patent Microcosm Has Selective Recollection
The US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) has been responsible for much of the actual reform in terms of patent scope, patent litigation venue and so on; patent maximalists, livid in the face of these changes, bring up Bilski and anything they can throw at the wall, hoping that something will miraculously stick
Misattributed Inventions Cemented Using Patents and Frivolous Litigation
What happens when notorious charlatans falsely claim to have invented things and then sue large companies or, contrariwise, large companies claim credit for the work of public sector research, ultimately patenting that work
'Printed Electronics World' is an Example of Bogus News Sites Which Are Actually Marketing Fronts for Patents
Revisiting the problem which is the "public relations" industry or patent law firms dominating news feeds about patents and warping people's understanding of all the underlying concepts
Unified Patents Under Attack From Patent Maximalists and Patent Trolls for Caring About Quality of Patents
Unified Patents, which petitions/files inter partes reviews (IPRs) at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), upsets the very people to whom low-quality patents -- and extortion with such patents -- are a business model
Team UPC's Radicals, Firms Like Bristows LLP, Have Decided That It's Time to Change Constitutions to Accommodate Clearly Unconstitutional Unitary Patent (UPC)
The Unified Patent Court (UPC) gets another new barrier in line; there are now approximately half a dozen very major obstacles, which almost guarantee that the UPC(A) will need to be scrapped and efforts restart from scratch (if at all)
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Union Syndicale Fédérale: Apparently ILO Considered Kicking Out the EPO for Repeatedly Refusing and Failing to Obey the Law
Pan-European unions-syndicating entities (not just USF) keep expressing extremely big concerns about the affairs of the EPO, where Battistelli not only attacks the unions but also breaks the law without any consequences for these actions
WirtschaftsWoche Authors Articles About Corruption of the European Patent Office
The profound corruption in the European Patent Office (involving billions of euros) receives some media attention, but it may be too late to do something about it because a former banker from a disgraced bank, a friend of Battistelli who hereon enjoys diplomatic immunity (passed from Battistelli at the EPO), will be difficult to interrogate about Battistelli's affairs
Insults, Lies and Propaganda on Battistelli's Last Day at the European Patent Office
Another new 'booklet' of lies ("Social Report 2017") has just been released, lying about the legacy of Battistelli on his very last day at the Office
Three Days Later Still Not a Single Word From the EPO About Union Busting Gone Awry and Court Orders to Reinstate/Promote Staff Representatives
It doesn't look so likely that the fight against SUEPO is over or that resolutions will be implemented by the Office, even by António Campinos, who starts his job at the Office on Monday (July 2nd)
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Eight Years of Battistelli
Reputation and patent quality after eight years of Battistelli: ruined
President Benoît Battistelli is Finished, But the Huge Mess He Has Created is Not
Benoît Battistelli is leaving the EPO after another ruinous and disastrous week in which he lost all of his cases against staff representatives (more than 2 years after his union-busting crusade resulted in sackings and culminated in a climate of unprecedented terror inside the Office)
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