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Revision as of 09:03, 2 October 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.
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2015
October
September
- Süddeutsche Zeitung Explains Imminent Federal Scrutiny Against Battistelli’s EPO in Germany
- EPO Managers, Patent Lawyers, Commissioners and Other Non-Technical Personnel Tackle Democracy, Alter Laws in Bulk and in Secret
- Europe’s Acceptance of and Resistance to Software Patents, Courtesy of Corporate Front Groups and Courtrooms Respectively
- German Press Explains EPO Investigation Unit (I.U.), Struggles to Openly Speak to the Secretive EPO
- Translation Needed of Article About EPO Threats Against SUEPO’s Elizabeth Hardon
- EPO Management Justifies Censorship (Even of Journalists) Using Its Vice-President Željko Topić
- EPO President Benoît Battistelli Compared to Famous Criminals on European Television
- Dutch Politician John Kerstens Says EPO Investigative Unit is Called ‘the Gestapo’
- The European Patent Office's Autocracy Has Proven the Streisand Effect, Amplifying Its Opposition's Messages
- Dutch Report: EPO Suicides Possibly Caused by Working Conditions Imposed by EPO’s Management
- European Patent Office Expands Censorship and Intimidation Against Staff as Pressure Mounts
- EPO Staff Suicides Estimated to Have Grown Tenfold Under Current Regime -- Claim
- EPO Has Become Political and Benoît Battistelli is Lobbying for UPC (Large Corporations' Wishlist)
- The EPO’s Vicious Attacks on Its Very Own Staff Have Peaked (War on Dissent) While Oppressive Patent Regime (UPC) Phased in
- Benoît Battistelli and His Goons From Control Risks (CRG) Try to Crush Unions, Not Just Journalism
- EPO Management May Not Have Resigned (Yet), But the Rest of the Staff is Leaving in Droves
- Benoît Battistelli in Denial Over Suicides in EPO, Accuses and Threatens the Messengers
August
- Censorship, Self-Censorship and Intimidation Now the Modus Operandi at EPO
- Patent Practitioners: "The Unitary Patent Might be Able to Open the Floodgates for Software Patents in Europe"
- Another Suicide at the EPO, Fifth by Our Count
- EPO Corruption of Patent Boundaries: Business Methods and Algorithms Patented
- EPO Measures Productivity Using the Wrong Yardstick in Order to Sell Its Racket to the Public
- ‘Sanader’s Protégé’ Željko Topić Slammed by Press in His Home Country
July
- Patents Expansion in Europe May be Looming
- SUEPO Post Vanishes: Belated Self-Censorship or Threats From EPO Management?
- European Censorship: Tyrants of the EPO Blacklist Techrights, Web Site Not Accessible Office-Wide
- EPO Appointments: Standards of a Third World Country
- Europe Goes Down a Dark Route When It Comes to Patent Scope and Centralisation
- Amid Controversy, Political Scrutiny and Increased Media Pressure Željko Topić and Benoît Battistelli Allegedly Cancel Today’s Trip to Zagreb (Croatia) Where Topić Faces Many Criminal Charges
- Translation of Pierre-Yves Le Borgn' Speech Against EPO Management and New Parliamentarian Interventions
- Munich Press, Münchner Merkur, Slams the Munich-based EPO
- Speculations About the EPO's Possible Role in DDOS Attacks
June
- Techrights Confirmed as a Target of EPO Surveillance, With Help From Control Risks Group (CRG)
- DDOS Attacks Against Techrights
- After Intervention by the Council of Europe Comes a Detailed Summary of the Situation in the European Patent Office (EPO)
- The Council of Europe Slams the EPO as Political Pressure Grows for EPO Management to Obey the Law
- The EPO’s Circus of Nepotism, Corporatism and Gross Abuse is Promoting the Unitary Patent
- An Estimated 1,000 EPO Staff in Munich Demonstrated Against EPO Management Yesterday Afternoon
- EPO Protest in Munich and Growing Unpopularity of EPO Management, Media Manipulation by the Management
- Demonstration Against European Patent Office Management in Munich This Wednesday
- French Newspaper Les Echos Censors Criticism of Benoît Battistelli and the EPO
- SUEPO to SUE Government of the Netherlands for Protecting the EPO’s Thugs
- More Political Interventions in EPO Abuse Cases
- Translation of Süddeutsche Zeitung Article Calling for External Oversight of Data Protection at the EPO
- EPO Data Protection Officer 'Just a Dictator's Minion', Approved Keyloggers and Hidden Cameras
- Badische Zeitung Labels European Patent Office (EPO) a Police State for Use of Very Intrusive Mass Surveillance Software
- More European Politicians Pressure and Sometimes Slam the European Patent Office (EPO) Amid New Scandals
- EPO Comes Under Fire From the Bavarian Data Protection Supervisor After the Spying Scandal
- Full Translation of Süddeutsche Zeitung Article About Blackhat Tactics (Keyloggers) in EPO
- EPO Surveillance, Threats, and Patronisation of Dutch Legal System Covered in Dutch Article From De Volkskrant
- European Patent Office (EPO) Now Uses Keyloggers to Spy on Staff
- When the European Patent Office Lost in Court and Refused to Obey the Law: An Analysis
- EPO May be Creating Its Own Lawless NSA (or GCHQ) With Control Risks Group Deal
- The European Patent Office Has Become Militarised
- Spanish Media on Reign of Terror at EPO: Managerial Misconduct, Blocked E-mails (Censorship), and Abuse of Legal Immunity
- The High Cost of Low Patent Bar at the EPO
- Süddeutsche Zeitung Article About the EPO's Investigation Unit and Control Risks Group
- EPO and Administrative Council Stall Criticism by Pretending to Negotiate With Staff Whilst Actually Attacking It
- EPO Officially Confirms That It Specifically Hired Control Risks Group (CRG) to Spy on Journalists and Their Sources
- The EPO Sinks Deeper in a Scandal After Paying Public Money for Military-Connected Control Risks to Stalk Journalists and Staff
- EPO Corruption Compared to FIFA Corruption While ‘Control Risks’ Helps EPO Hide/Suppress Evidence of Corruption; Calls on German Authorities to Crack Down on Both
- EPO Reluctantly (and Privately) Confirms Giving Public Money for Military-connected ‘Control Risks’ to Spy on Journalists and Their Sources While Techrights is Under Fresh DDOS Attacks
May
- The EPO Still Wastes Public Money on Publicity Stunts and 'Reputation Management' Campaigns
- Propaganda Mode for UPC Agreement Whilst EPO Increasingly Grants Patents on Software
- Patent Scope at the EPO is Totally Out of Control, UPC Will Make Things Worse
- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on Benoît Battistelli and Four EPO Suicides
- Süddeutsche Zeitung Says Talking Helps While EPO Management Back-stabs Other Side of the Table
- More Utter Shame Unveiled at Battistelli’s EPO: Intimidation Tactics With Help From ‘Control Risks’
April
- The EPO’s Tyrant, Benoît Battistelli, is Probably on His Way Out, Threatens to Resign
- As Core Issues Still Not Addressed, Another Protest Against EPO Management Scheduled for Tomorrow in Munich, Germany
- EPO Management is Trying Hard to Appease Its Critics While Pushing Forth Unitary Patent Agenda
- More Translations of French Article About the EPO
- New Article Chronicles Suicides and Nervous Breakdowns at the EPO Due to the Management’s Abuses
- The EPO is Becoming More Like the USPTO Under Benoît Battistelli's Greed-Driven Reign
- More Suicides Reported at the Staff-Hostile European Patent Office
- English, French and German Translations of De Telegraaf Article About Ivo Opstelten’s Defence of Benoît Battistelli
- The EPO’s Dutch Appeal Court Judgment Controversy: List of Political Interventions
- Željko Topić: ‘SUEPO {Staff Union} Has No Standing in This Office. SUEPO Has No Role to Play in This Office.’
- English, French and German Translations of Dutch Article About EPO Abuses
- When Battistelli’s Defender Ivo Opstelten Turned Out to be Also Defending (Paying) Narcotics Traffickers
- When Battistelli’s Defender, Dutch Justice Minister Ivo Opstelten, Attacked Europeans’ Right to Demonstrate
March
- When the EPO Came Under Fire From the Netherlands and Before Systemic Corruption Was Revealed
- Techrights Cited by European Politicians in Support of EPO Staff’s Causes
- Željko Topić and Ivan Šimonović, Two Residues of Ivo Sanader’s Corrupt Regime, Seen as Indirectly Connected
- The EPO’s Dutch Scandal Leaves Battistelli and His Cronies on the Run
- The EPO's Administrative Council is Under Increased Pressure to Rein in and to Finally Stop Benoît Battistelli
- Concerns Over Željko Topić’s Alleged Powerful Links in Croatian Diplomacy
- Benoît Battistelli’s EPO Comes Under Fire From Prominent Figures Who Are Key EPO Stakeholders, Expect Battistelli to Resign ‘in the Longer Term’
- Benoît Battistelli’s EPO is Under Attack From French Politicians Yet Again
- Politics of Blackmail at the EPO
- Benoît Battistelli's EPO Comes Under Attack From the British
- The Royal Norwegian Department of Labour on the Right of European Patent Office (EPO) Workers to Strike
- How the European Patent Office (Management) is Spying on Its Very Own Staff
- Translation of Full Judgment Against Željko Topić in Croatian Defamation Case Over Bribery (Mercedes/Audi) and More
- Benoît Battistelli Allegedly Turns to Moscow and Putin-Inspired Tactics to Oppress and Suppress EPO Staff
- Rikard Frgačić Explains Željko Topić's Behaviour and the Lufthansa Case
- Video: How the Željko Topić-Led SIPO Betrayed Croatians
- EPO Management Still in a Freefall, Tries to Warp/Divert the Debate Away From Its Abuses
February
- The EPO’s Sham ‘Internal Investigation’ of EPO Vice-President Željko Topić’s Affairs
- Benoît Battistelli Once Again Threatens EPO Staff That ‘Dares’ to Protest, Battistelli Exploits Terror Attacks to Pretend to Respect Free Speech
- The Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys Slams the European Patent Office for Structural Failings
- 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
January
- 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
