[Meme] “Truly a Landmark Occasion”

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2022-07-29 08:49:17 UTC
Modified: 2022-07-29 08:49:17 UTC

Context: Banana EPO: Montenegro, With Population 134 Times Smaller Than Germany's, Will Get a Vote as Powerful as Germany's | [Meme] Voting Fodder and Faking Concern for the European Patent Convention (EPC)

Source page (warning: epo.org link)

Cannot contain the excitement of being able to buy more delegates to back criminal behaviour

Summary: With about 1 patent application in 100,000, Montenegro is truly a cause for celebration for EPO presidents like Benoît Battistelli and António Campinos, who simply buy votes

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