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Immunity of the European Patent Office Has Helped Shield Dangerous Thugs From Justice

Immunity misused, to say the least...

Summary: The Topić case is set to resume in Croatia as Topić runs out of diplomatic immunity he long enjoyed (and exploited) at the European Patent Office (EPO)

News from Zagreb keeps landing on our lap. Topić has many victims in Croatia, more than we can count...



"I would like to share some news from Zagreb," said one of his victims. "As you were informed," she said, "the penal process between Topić and I, which lasted for six years, was decided in my favor. In fact, the same civil process between Topić and I, including my discrimination, will start finally, after eight years, and be heard in the Municipal Court on January 16, 2019 (under No. Pn- 532/11)! It's really disgraceful that it took eight years for the first hearing of this process to reach the Court."

Here's the relevant document (in Croatian):

Topić case

Topić case

Topić case

"You can see that I also received a Decision from the President of the Municipal Court," she added, "and the judge must bring the decision within 12 months, which means that Topić will be fully engaged in this case (for all of 2019) regarding me."

"It seems like hiring the 'right' law firms is buying a 'connection' inside the government -- the hallmark of corruption."We previously wrote about Topić not even showing up for trials, like a true gangster who just SLAPPs people, then runs away and disregards the law (when it doesn't suit him).

There's also "evidence that the penal case which finished in my favor (No. K-26/11)," she later added, "shows that Ivana Saucha, the wife of the Former Prime Minister's Chief of Cabinet Tomislav Saucha, was a member of the law firm that represented Topić in the case against me. This is the reason I believe that the Former Prime Minister (Zoran Milanović) wasn't adequately informed (or not at all) about the pending penal and civil cases against Topić from myself and others when Milanović/the Government appointed Topić to the position of the Director General of SIPO in January 2012. The actions of Tomislav Saucha appear to demonstrate a conflict of interest (because of his wife's connection to Topić). My lawyer, Jadranka Sloković, indicated to me that Topić's legal team put illegal and extreme pressure on her to stop representing me for the case which was finally decided in my favor, and which TechRights continued to cover on their website."

"What's noteworthy here is that EPO immunity comes to the rescue of truly dodgy people."We actually covered that years ago. It seems like hiring the 'right' law firms is buying a 'connection' inside the government -- the hallmark of corruption. As other people have continually told us over the years, this system is corrupt. Some have lost hope, whereas some are wiling to fight on for nearly a decade. We'll keep on eye on future developments.

What's noteworthy here is that EPO immunity comes to the rescue of truly dodgy people. As we recently showed (in the posts below), some of the abuses surface when these people leave the Office and risk accountability.

  1. Alexandre Benalla, Macron's Violent Bodyguard, Was Also Battistelli's Bodyguard
  2. It Wasn't Judges With Weapons in Their Office, It Was Benoît Battistelli Who Brought Firearms to the European Patent Office (EPO)
  3. Benoît Battistelli Refuses to Talk to the Media About Bringing Firearms to the EPO
  4. Guest Post on Ronan Le Gleut and Benalla at the French Senate (in Light of Battistelli's Epic Abuses)
  5. The Man Whose Actions Could Potentially Land Team Battistelli in Jail
  6. French Media Confirms Alexandre Benalla Just One of Six Battistelli Bodyguards, Employed at the Cost of €8,000-€10,000 Per Month (for Benalla Alone!)
  7. Many of the Same People Are Still in Charge of the European Patent Office Even Though They Broke the Law

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