Summary: The subject of EPO scandals has once again landed in French politics, just a couple of months since it last happened
THE CORPORATE media continues to ignore the EPO scandals, with few and rare exceptions like The Register. There's this Ferrari marketing/puff piece (also EPO sidekick) in the media, yet virtually nothing about a serious scandal which costs lives and is quickly becoming Europe's biggest reputational disaster in recent decades. We already mentioned several potential motivations for the media blackout, e.g. in Germany.
"We already mentioned several potential motivations for the media blackout, e.g. in Germany."At the end of last year the French government heard about the EPO's abuses, having already been approached in all sorts of motions in which Richard Yung was personally involved, e.g. [1, 2]. Well, Mr. Yung has just spoken out again and an automated translation of his blog post says:
On 21 February I asked the Government about the deterioration of the social climate in the European Patent Office (EPO).
Below is a video of my speech and the response of Axelle Lemaire, Secretary of State for Digital and Innovation .