Raw: The European Patent Office (EPO) is a Cash Cow of Germany

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2017-12-31 22:15:18 UTC
Modified: 2017-12-31 22:15:18 UTC

Original/full: SUEPO on pensions [PDF]

EPO money diagram

Summary: "The EPO commissioned a study showing that Germany is hugely benefiting from the EPO presence on it soil," SUEPO wrote 5 years ago (diagram above) and EPO "unduly benefits two Host countries (with 40% of our pensioners residing in Germany and 25% in the Netherlands)."

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Raw: The European Patent Office (EPO) is a Cash Cow of Germany

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