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Tackling EPO Propaganda and Lawlessness: Part 1

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Summary: After several days of 'firefighting' against one technical disaster or another we're back to normal; this coming weekend we intend to tackle a lot of misleading 'journalism' and outright 'fake news' (issued to spread lies, by intention)

THE above video wasn't meant to be one of two parts. We're back to tackling EPO lies and we're going to use not only videos but also screenshots with annotations (as we did extensively this past weekend).



"Huge litigation companies and multinationals like this status quo, but let's make it untenable for them. Let's bring back patent sanity."The video above reminds people that in light of the fact that António Campinos is just another Benoît Battistelli with approval rates no better than Battistelli's there a pressing need to participate in the EPO's staff survey. We expect that to show 0% approval rate for Campinos (it was 3% the last time).

We've come a long way since battling European software patents. We've shown that the EPO is inherently corrupt and redemption will only be possible by mass action. Huge litigation companies and multinationals like this status quo, but let's make it untenable for them. Let's bring back patent sanity.

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