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EPO Corruption of Patent Boundaries: Business Methods and Algorithms Patented

Helping US patenting standards go international

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Summary: How the European Patent Office (EPO) not only turns a blind eye to European law while patenting or granting patents on software but also openly advocates this now

THE EPO has been under fire here for nearly 8 years. The original reason, well before sheer corruption became evident at numerous levels, was patent scope. We had written a great deal about software patents in Europe and the "EPO [is] still pushing for patents on software and business methods," according to the FFII's President who now points right into the EPO's own site.

Well, none of these domains should be patentable in Europe. Anything else would be Battistelli breaking the law yet again, this time in order to artificially increase the number of granted patents, the overall revenue, etc. (making himself look good at the expense of the public to whom he does a huge disservice).

"Democracy in Europe is gradually being crushed under the auspices of "unity" and patents are just one aspect among several (see so-called 'trade' deals for more)."Here is the EPO writing "Big data, linked data, linking data: what's the difference & what role do patents play in them?"

This is promotion of this conference, which seemingly strives to expand the scope of patents.

Jesper Lund, who has been active in this area, ‏says that the "EPO is actively advising people on circumventing the ban on patenting sw [software] and business methods as such ("if claimed as such")."

The FFII's President adds that it's done "With the blessing of the Danish Patent Office DKPTO!" Remember that a Dane, Jesper Kongstad, is Battistelli's number one minion (or one among several), which is why protests by EPO staff targeted the Danish Consulate earlier this year [1, 2, 3, 4]. Also recall what the Danish Presidency did 3 years ago to further empower the EPO's grip and potentially bring patent trolls to Europe. According to two new reports from IP Kat [1, 2], Europe takes further steps towards this. This issue wasn't voted on, there was no referendum, and it's clearly against the interests of ordinary Europeans. Democracy in Europe is gradually being crushed under the auspices of "unity" and patents are just one aspect among several (see so-called 'trade' deals for more).

For the EPO it would make perfect sense to eventually patent methods of breaking the laws (abusing staff, patent scope and so on), then evading justice, as was previously done in the Dutch courts system, with help from a corrupt official.

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