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Speculations About Battistelli's End of Term, Campinos at EUIPO, and Failed UPC Ambitions

Summary: Rumours and speculations surrounding the fate of the EPO's leadership now that the UPC gravy train is stuck again and Battistelli's protector, Jesper Kongstad, is about to leave

IN OUR previous post we cited a blog post titled ‘Successor EPO president Benoît Battistelli to be chosen this autumn’ and as we noted towards the end, Martijn van Dam may be gullible if he is so certain that Battistelli is leaving. In Twitter, people of inner circles have begun wondering if "Battistelli's henchman" will take over, alluding to Mr. Campinos.



"In Twitter, people of inner circles have begun wondering if "Battistelli's henchman" will take over, alluding to Mr. Campinos.""Any other candidates?"

Well, someone will replace Mr. Kongstad pretty soon (about 4 months from now). We understand that he basically got sacked by the Danish government (at least removed from DKPTO; he might still serve in the Administrative Council at some capacity).

Inside sources, however, aren't so certain that Battistelli is leaving next year. His UPC 'crusade' is failing pretty badly because the EU is losing Britain, Spain remains defiant, Poland seems sceptical and so on...

"Inside sources, however, aren't so certain that Battistelli is leaving next year."Will Battistelli use the failure of the UPC as an excuse for "needing more time" (as in, another term)? Will he spend some additional millions of Euros bribing and manipulating European media in a desperate effort to lie about the UPC and ram it down everyone's throats, based on misinformation?

According to this new report (behind paywall), the British "Government quizzed over viability of London’s UPC courts after Brexit" and the body speaks of EUIPO, which Campinos is still heading. To quote: "The UK’s future with the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) post-Brexit came under the spotlight this week, after a question on EU-jurisdiction drew a carefully-worded answer from the government."

"Will Battistelli use the failure of the UPC as an excuse for "needing more time" (as in, another term)?"All the things about UPC are behind a paywall, but the headline suggests that UPC is anything but certain, no matter who wins the election next month.

"Cromwell puts forward queries surrounding EUIPO and UPC," Benjamin Henrion wrote about this, and "questions will form part of EU negotiations says minister..."

Well, the very fact that UPC is brought up in conjunction with EUIPO (which does not deal with patents) is rather curious and it brings back speculations about Campinos, the EU, the UPC, and various other things.

"...it seems like the sky is the limit when it comes to patent scope at the EPO under Battistelli."We are truly concerned about the vision laid forth by UPC propagandists, for the UPC would usher in all sorts of crazy patents into nations that currently forbid them. For instance, the EPO is granting patents on life (genome) while almost abolishing the appeal boards that can stop this, citing opposition from the EU, the EPC and so on. "CRISPR patents decided, but cases not closed," said this new headline a few days ago, but given Battistelli's assault on the appeal boards it seems like the sky is the limit when it comes to patent scope at the EPO under Battistelli. Dangerous times ahead and critical crossroads...

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