"Meet Questel at the Patent Information Conference 2017 in Sofia, Bulgaria," Questel said yesterday and the EPO retweeted this. Remember Questel's connections to Jacques Michel, a former French Vice-President at the EPO.

"Has the EPO become just a secret wallet for few French people?"The EPO then retweeted "Laurent MICHEL" (named in the above document)‏ as saying "EUROPATIS presentation at 13.35 by Laurent MICHEL. Visit us on booth 36..."

EUROPATIS, which we wrote a lot about two years ago [1, 2, 3], is also connected to Jacques Michel (family business).

How could the EPO not foresee scrutiny of this? Has the EPO become just a secret wallet for few French people? There's plenty to be found there which raises serious questions.

"There's plenty to be found there which raises serious questions."Based on this tweet, the architect of Battistelli's abuses (some blame him for facilitating these) was there also. Raimund Lutz is mentioned as follows: "Lachezar Borisov, Deputy Minister for the Economy & Raimund Lutz, EPO VP Legal & International Affairs welcome #EPOPIC attendees in Sofia"

Here's more: "Raimund Lutz, Vice-President, Legal and International Affairs, EPO : "We are the world’s number one provider of legal status data"..."

But cannot obey the law.

"Let's see how he votes in the next meeting of the Administrative Council (just before Christmas)."Here's yet more: "EPOPIC has become such an important event because patent information plays a central role in innovation, said Raimund Lutz VP EPO"

What was he even doing there? Here's a clue; it may be an opportunity for the EPO to lobby some delegates for votes. To quote: "Petko Nikolov, President of the Bulgarian Patent Office: "It’s an honour to help organize & host the 27th edition of the #EPOPIC"

So he was there also. Let's see how he votes in the next meeting of the Administrative Council (just before Christmas). ⬆