05.08.21

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Then We Take Berlin…

Posted in Europe, Patents at 8:47 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Berlin reflections

Summary: Homage to EPO, based in Munich and Berlin (and defended by the government in Berlin)

EPONIA calling

Patent trolling
Tyrants trawling
Abuses sprawling

“Recruitment suspended”A two-party state
Its own people they hate
Corporate bait
And a very dark fate

Recruitment suspended
“Hey hi” comprehended
Infringers apprehended
The laws always ‘amended’

Patents on maths celebrated
Human rights berated
Abuses mandated
Oh, why have we waited? █

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