EPO

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Revision as of 16:39, 19 February 2015

The European Patent Office has been granting Software Patents in Europe despite the law explicitly forbidding it. We wrote about the EPO in the following posts.

2015

• Techrights Under Attack Again, Shortly After Important EPO Articles
• EPO Staff Protests Against Benoît Battistelli’s Lowering of Patents Quality (Scope Expansion and Software Patents for Profit)
• Breaking: European Patent Office Sued by Its Own Staff in The Hague, Must Unblock Staff’s Voices
• Željko Topić's History in SIPO Leaves a Legacy of Alleged DZIV Vehicles (Bribes), Authorship Abuses, and Intimidation Against Reporters
• Željko Peratović Slammed for Whitewashing Željko Topić After Publishing Important Piece on Behalf of Key Sources
• Benoît Battistelli Has Made Oversight of European Patent Office Absolutely Impossible
• English Translation of Süddeutsche Zeitung Article About Benoît Battistelli, Željko Topić, and EPO Tyranny
• Amid EPO Scandals, Call to Dissolve the EPO and Start All Over Again (With New Management and New Direction)
• FFII and the American IP Law Association Comment on the Unified Patent Court (UPC) Envisioned by EPO
• English Translation of Article About Protest at Danish Consulate Over EPO Abuses
• EPO Staff to March to British Consulate to Protest Against the Administrative Council (AC)
• The EPO's Digital War (Censorship) Against Staff Web Site
• Cyberattacks on SUEPO Server Raise More Questions
• The European Patent Lawyers Association (EPLAW) is Again Protesting Against EPO as More Crackdowns by EPO Management Reveal Depth of Abuse
• English Translation of Ruling Against Željko Topić (EPO VP) in Croatian Court
• German Translation of Ruling Against Željko Topić, the EPO's Vice-President
• More Press Coverage From the Danish Media About EPO Abuses and Protest at Danish Consulate
• Benoît Battistelli and Jesper Kongstad Continue to Blame Everything on SUEPO
• Catarina Holtz From the EPO Boards of Appeal Explains Bad Behaviour of the Management With Regards to EPC 2000
• The EPO's Paid Propaganda Campaign in the Media
• Media Coverage of Demonstration Against Jesper Kongstad of the Administrative Council (EPO)
• Text of Ruling/Decision Against Željko Topić (Regarding Audi as a Bribe)
• An Estimated 1,000 EPO Employees-Strong Legion Engulfs Danish Consulate to Protest Jesper Kongstad's (of Administrative Council) Protection of Benoît Battistelli
• Breaking: EPO Vice-President Željko Topić Loses Defamation Case in Croatia
• As Battistelli Breaks the Rules and Topić Silences Staff, New European Parliament Petition for Tackling the EPO’s Abuses is Needed
• The Collapse of European Patent Office Management Culminates With Resignations
• Vesna Stilin Renews Her Fight for Justice in Željko Topić Case (EPO VP)
• Failure of the EPO Can Derail the Trojan Horse of Software Patents and Patent Trolls
• Battistelli's Latest Propaganda War Tries to Convince EPO Staff That Željko Topić's Many Criminal Charges Don't Exist
• Translations of Member of the European Parliament Complaining About European Patent Office (EPO)
• Dutch MEP Dennis De Jong, Criticising Battistelli and Topić, Calls for Action Against EPO Management
• EPO Misdirections Debunked: Refuting Battistelli’s Nonsense and Bogeyman Theory
• The EPO Connection Now a Liability as Administrative Council Has Become a Laughing Stock, Jesper Kongstad to be Targeted by EPO Staff Protests
• Investigation Unit a Complete Farce Inside the EPO
• Just in: Fresh Call From Croatia to Arrest EPO Vice-President Željko Topić
• EPO Under Fire From European Patent Lawyers Association (EPLAW)
• Intellectual Property Judges’ Association (IPJA) Speaks Out Against EPO Tyrant Battistelli

2014

• EPO Imploding: Battistelli Throws a Fit at EPO’s Investigation Unit
• EPO and UPC in Europe Now the Hope of Patent Maximalists, China Too is Assimilating
• EPO Scandal: Benoît Battistelli's Arrogance Recognised by European Delegations
• EPO Staff Protests Today and Protested Last Week, Targeting Corruption in the Institution
• Exclusive: The Enlarged Board of Appeal Complains About Battistelli’s Corrupt Management to the Administrative Council
• Protests Against EPO Corruption Approach 1,000 in Attendance
• Rolling of Heads Likely Imminent at EPO
• Dreaming of a Just Christmas: When a Third of EPO Walks Out to Revolt and European Judges Attack the EPO Over Abuses
• EPO Corruption: Battistelli Augments His ‘Loyals’ Circle With Frederic Angermann and Charm Offensive in Patent Lawyers’ Sites
• EPO Breaking News: The European Parliament Dismisses Complaint About EPO Abuses
• EPO Staff Protests to Continue in the New Year, Techrights to Release New Material

Special report on EPO

• The Case of Rikard Frgacic Versus the Croatian SIPO: Allegation of Corruption in Relation to Trademark Reassignment Under Željko Topić’s Watch: Part XVI
• Corruption at the Croatian State Intellectual Property Office Which Željko Topić Came From: Part XV
• The EPO Shaken by Croatian Revelations: Part XIV
• The EPO’s Vice-President Željko Topić and the Case of Ivan Kabalin: Part XIII
• France Gets Involved in Battistelli's Abuses in the EPO - Part XII
• Vesna Stilin’s Remarks on Željko Topić: Part XI
• Special Report: Many Criminal Charges Against EPO Vice-President Željko Topić
• How the EPO’s Executive Branch (Battistelli and Topić) Banned Scrutiny and Created Authoritarian Model of Control: Part X
• How to Complain About the EPO to National Delegations in Europe: Part IX
• The EPO Is More Corrupt Under Battistelli Than Under Alison Brimelow: Part VIII
• The EPO’s Public Relations Disaster Amid Distrust From Within (and EPO Communications Chief Leaves): Part VII
• The EPO’s Protection Triangle of Battistelli, Kongstad, and Topić: Part VI
• Benoît Battistelli’s Balkan Standards in EPO: Part V
• European Patent Office Disorganisation: Problems With the Audit Mechanisms – Part IV
• European Patent Office/Organisation – Suspicion of Improper Collusion Between EPO President and Chairman of the Administrative Council: Part III
• Željko Topić, Benoît Battistelli, and the European Patent Office (EPO): Part II
• Suspicion of High-Level Corruption at the European Patent Office (EPO): Part I

2013

• The EPO Has Gone Rogue, Disregards the Law
• With Unitary Patent Scheme, EPO Pushes Hard for Software Patenting (More Leech Income)

2012

• EPO Decides to Listen to Anti-Patents Stance, USPTO Censors It
• Google Helps EPO Manage Monopolies, Unitary Patent Aided
• EPO Advisory Board Likes Patents

2011

• EPO and Other Lawyers-dominated Circles Push for Software Patenting
• Cablegate: USPTO, JPO, and EPO Prepare a Global Patent System
• EPO More Popular/Responsive Than the USPTO
• EU Patent Failing to Materialise, But EPO and Politicians Begin to Overstep Their Line of Authority to Intervene
• EPO Thinks More Patent Business (Filings) is a Good Thing, US Commerce Secretary Realises it is Not

2010

• US Patent Colonisation: EPO Promotes Machine Translation, New Zealand Still Resistant
• “EPO Still Operating in a Vacuum”
• USPTO Wants Feedback About Post-Bilski Guidelines, EPO Might Let Monsanto Patent Life
• Lessons to the UK-IPO and EPO, Courtesy of USPTO Failure
• Backlash Against The European Patent Office (EPO), The Extended Board of Appeal (EBoA), and Trolls-Friendly Patent Systems
• BSA Blames Lack of Patents for Europe Being ‘Behind’, EPO Loses €2 Million in Kaupthing Bankruptcy
• Patents Roundup: USPTO Grants Patents on Hotdogs and Harbours Pyramid Schemes, EPO in Transition, and Apple Turns Nasty

2009

• What on Earth is the EPO Doing?
• The EPO Does Not Work for European Citizens
• EPO in State of Turmoil, Patents Kill
• EPO and the Swiss Department of Justice Want to Make Some Free Software a Crime
• Goodbye, Alison Brimelow (EPO President)
• Is the EPO Selling Out to Microsoft?
• Patents Roundup: Microsoft, CSIRO, Patent Hawk, and “Corrupt, Malicious” EPO
• European Patent Office Continues March for Software Patents

2008

• Alison Brimelow (EPO) Criticised for Referral to Enlarged Board of Appeal
• Patent Problems: Google Unresolved, Bilski Resolved, EPO to be Resolved?
• The EPO Crisis and Microsoft’s Patent Trolls
• Patents Roundup: EPO Patent Numbers Decrease; Bilski Revisited
• Software Patents Roundup: EPO, USPTO and Acacia