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UPC: “A Neo-colonialist Plot”

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Summary: The EPO is harming the European Union because its handlers try to ratify an illegal system under the guise of unity

HAVING just published the weekly screenshots of UPC lies (we've been doing this every weekend, usually on Sundays, for quite a while now), I want to comment on what's wrong with it. It's not just immoral; it is illegal.



To make matters worse, those lies and illegalities harm the EU, which I care deeply for. Benoît Battistelli and António Campinos care only about their personal gain, which relies on destroying the patent system on behalf of bankers and lawyers, mostly at the expense of science and technology. It's crude financialization.

Meanwhile, the media has quit covering the issue. Dr. Glyn Moody asked the EPO about it 6 years ago and then said: "When asked by Ars, the EPO's spokesperson mentioned the imminent arrival of the unitary patent system as an important reason for revising the EPO's internal rules..."

Notice the choice of words "imminent arrival". That was 2016! They keep lying*.

Dr. Moody, author of Rebel Code, has also said that intellectual monopoly is "a neo-colonialist plot to ensure the continuing dominance of Western nations.”

He's not fooled by the spiel about "innovation" and other buzzwords.

Contrariwise, Juve has transformed itself into an English-speaking propaganda site (it used to do actual reporting on EPO abuses, albeit in German only). To give two new examples from Daily Links [1, 2], Mathieu Klos, the chief editor, speaks of "the potential UPC" without noting that it is illegal. That's just more ads/spam disguised as reporting and this publisher profits from promotion of law firms that sue with patents, so there's a conflict of interest, too. Mathieu's colleague, Konstanze, meanwhile speaks of "the impending UPC" even though it's neither legal nor certain. She keeps referring to a "community" (by which she means people who charge 200-300 euros per hour). There is no such thing as "Europe’s patent community"; those are parasites and this piece is lobbying disguised as journalism, citing "tweets" (which aren't valid sources and aren't fact-checked, either). Twitter is curated by and for billionaires, nowadays under the guise of "news". ___________ * Whilst using lies about the UPC (as a lobbying tactic) may not be outright illegal, such lies can be a violation of trust in the context of a legal profession as they have binding commitments and they cannot mislead politicians or bribe politicians in this fashion. If clients pay them a lot of money only to be lied to, then these clients can file formal complaints. So we generally think that calling them out on their lies certainly helps prevent repetition (of such lies), sometimes it even helps to passively silence them as they don't want to get caught and risk getting disbarred/sanctioned/sacked. They disengage or retire.

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