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12.27.17

Raw: Battistelli Stacking the Deck of the Internal EPO ‘Court’

Posted in Europe, Patents at 5:42 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Original/full: English [PDF] | German [PDF]

Stacking the deck

Summary: A look back at how separation of powers was blatantly eliminated at the European Patent Office, courtesy of an insecure bully who was put in charge of the Office

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