The EPO Has Become Copycat of Lukashenko's Regime of Terror, and It Moreover Violates Laws, Constitutions, Even the European Patent Convention (EPC)
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2022-06-16 11:46:28 UTC
- Modified: 2022-06-16 11:46:56 UTC
As the new articles below show (all of them from this week alone [1, 2, 3, 4]), the most outrageous policies of Belarus are there in the EPO as well
![Belarus dispatch: how a sports journalist became a political prisoner](http://techrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/belarus-sport.png)
A "political prisoner" for merely stating facts. The union-busting at the EPO had its share of innocent victims; the objective was to terrorise the staff (to crush critical voices).
![Belarusian journalists Yauhen Yerchak and Dzmitry Suslau sentenced to 15 days each in detention](http://techrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/belarus-journalists.jpg)
The EPO SLAPPed me numerous times over the years; it also spied on me
![Renewed Belarus military buildup is a sign of Lukashenka’s desperation](http://techrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/belarus-army.png)
Is this a patent office or a force of occupation working for the world's biggest corporations?
![Belarusian hacktivist group releases purported Belarusian wiretapped audio of Russian embassy](http://techrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/epo-cracking.png)
Many EPO managers were hired from the military (no suitable qualifications other than combative behaviour), aside from CRG
Summary: The EPO under Benoît Battistelli and António Campinos formed a special relationship with Belarus; should we be shocked that Battistelli and Campinos mimic Lukashenko?