THE EPO's management insists on tarnishing whatever is left of its reputation. It refuses to accept that TopiÃâ¡ is a liability to the Office and even -- reportedly at the request of Battistelli -- extends the contract of this 'bulldog' of his.
"The E-mail from June 2012 was written by Ljiljana Kuterovac who was at that time the acting Director General of the SIPO following Ã
½eljko TopiÃâ¡'s departure to Munich and it is addressed to the Administrative Council delegates and to the President of the EPO."Recall that the decision to appoint Ã
½eljko TopiÃâ¡ as an EPO Vice-President was taken by the EPO's Administrative Council in March 2012 and he took up his appointment soon afterwards in April 2012.
Around that time rumours were already circulating about Ã
½eljko TopiÃâ¡'s previous track record in Croatia and some members of the Administrative Council were beginning to ask awkward questions.
So it seems that Ã
½eljko TopiÃâ¡ relied on his former protegée at the SIPO to defuse the situation and silence the critics.
The E-mail from June 2012 was written by Ljiljana Kuterovac who was at that time the acting Director General of the SIPO following Ã
½eljko TopiÃâ¡'s departure to Munich and it is addressed to the Administrative Council delegates and to the President of the EPO. ⬆