06.28.21

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EPO ViCo on Trial

Posted in Europe, Patents at 1:58 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

And they told us EBA was independent...

Dangerous cocktail: COVID+EPO ViCo Summary: Some prose about this week’s impending case, which will decide the future of the EPO (or “EPO 2.0″, introduced in defiance of the EPC)

JUSTICE assured

Appellants ignored
Campinos feels bored
The Alicante Lord

Calle has called
From a panel recalled
Stakeholders appalled
Injustice then stalled

Fourth of July
The second justice will die
Nobody will ask why
A panel so camera-shy

This week they discuss ViCo; It's only Monday The media well set
Lawyers mustn’t get upset
Conditions are met
Joff Wild their pet

Justice for all
Scoring an own goal
Don’t be a troll
It’s the EBA’s fall

Alicante awaits
For António and mates
Cold winters he hates
Unlike sunshine and dates

Management in absentia
Lawlessness? We betcha! █

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