JUST a few months ago we responded to the EPO's persistent and repeated pinkwashing. Autocrats who crush people of all races and sexes (remember that Benoît Battistelli crushed two unionists who were female, one male, before proceeding to more staff representatives getting crushed psychologically and morally; António Campinos hires based on friendship and kinship, not diversity) love pinkwashing PR because them helps distract from what they really are.

"What message does that send to women and LGBT folks working for the EPO?"Earlier today the EPO published (warning: epo.org link) the item which I respond to in the video above. What are the 'unwashed masses' supposed to think if the EPO is bows down to regimes that barely matter to the EPO (in terms of number of European Patents pursued)? What message does that send to women and LGBT folks working for the EPO? ⬆