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What EPO Says and What the Public Says
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epo.org/suepo.org (EPO/staff union), we consider what's factual and what's fictional in Europe's patent system
THE past month was littered with lies about the EPO [1, 2, 3], courtesy of the EPO's management and the German government. They don't seem to care what's legal and what's constitutional. They make up the rules as they go along and rapidly drift away from the EPC (the treaty signed by member states).
"Maybe that's just the cost of abject lack of oversight."The EPO is the very rogue and very large institution the media almost never speaks about. For a change, as the union notes, there's some pushback going on. It focuses not on legality though. It's about private, for-profit companies worrying that the EPO is losing its reputation and is descending into a crisis of legitimacy. Maybe that's just the cost of abject lack of oversight. The video above elaborates. ⬆