It is a textbook example or hallmark of a regime when there is no recourse to the principles of natural justice and management is basically above the law

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Summary: A quick glance at the perception of utter lack of justice at the EPO, even as far as EPO employees are concerned

THIS morning/afternoon we asked for 'leaks' related to a comment seen only hours earlier. It was about lack of justice at the EPO, whose entire basis and reason for existence is supposed justice (in relation to patents).

Published on the SUEPO Web site on Friday was the above notice, which we have anonymised a tad bit to reduce chances of reprisal against the author (leaving some uncertainty around identities). As many people may have noticed for various reasons, Trump and Battistelli become ever more similar by the day, as over the weekend the Trump Administration too defied court orders (see our latest daily links for references/coverage). What is the point or purpose of state-sanctioned courts if i) they deliver no real justice and ii) the state (or management) exempts itself from the law and from the courts' rulings? ⬆