A document published internally by the Central Staff Committee was recently leaked to us [PDF]. Part of this document is in German, but the majority is in English and it deals primarily with financial aspects although staff representatives correctly point out that patent quality has been compromised to temporarily -- while unsuspecting applicants are unaware of this compromise -- artificially boost some figures.

"Look what Battistelli has turned the EPO into."The part shown above vindicates us as we previously wrote about both aspects of the Paranoid in Chief, who is buying positive media because all he otherwise receives is negative press. The subject was more recently covered in light of highly misleading puff pieces about the UPC, courtesy of papers that the EPO had paid for propaganda.

The figure above, 880,000 Euros, is already out of date and is estimated at over a million Euros per year -- basically budget thrown at a highly notorious firm that manipulates the media for truly unethical firms.

Look what Battistelli has turned the EPO into. It's not just a corrupt institution itself; it now corrupts the media too. It misinforms the public, not just employees. ⬆