EPO dictators Benoît Battistelli and António Campinos love small economies where love can be bought cheaply (that they also speak French is a bonus, being their mother's tongue)
Summary: It's time for another round of fluff at the EPO, this time without even travelling (PR-over-'ViCo')
One of our readers is working to help GNU through the maze of software patents and maze of patent lawsuits, which aren't the same thing but are somewhat overlapping issues
Microsoft-connected patent trolls in Europe [...] Now, in his new job, Wild can use his 'expertise' to help guide blackmail/extortion to better harm Europe's industry
We'll soon (maybe next year) also show that some of the 85+ KG of legal papers sent our way are computer-generated garbage, which might run afoul of some rules