The Corrupt Lecture the Non-Corrupt - Part XVIII - "The European Patent Office (EPO) has a zero-tolerance policy for fraud" (except when managers do it)
2019: EPO May be Financially Defrauding the Public and Its Employees
2025: An Old Story of Fraud at the EPO in the Netherlands (and How the Dutch Government Facilitated It) | Governments That Financially Benefit (Profit) From the EPO Have a Long History of Covering Up Fraud and Corruption at the EPO
Late in 2025:
The European Patent Office (EPO) is "good with money" if the purpose is:
- to break the law just about enough to grant more (illegal) patents for extra income
- to make managers rich and everyone else poorer
The guidebook of the EPO says fraud is not to be tolerated, but who enforces or revisits such "Red Lines"?
The very same people who cross them and never get punished for it. █