But will Benoît Battistelli's chinchilla listen and belatedly take action?

Summary: A new survey reveals that EPO stakeholders, such as applicants, attorneys etc., are just about as fed up with the abusive autocracy of Benoît Battistelli as staff of the EPO has been

A LEADING Web site for lawyers/attorneys in Germany wrote about the EPO a few days ago, as we pointed out last night, kindly asking for a translation of it. Someone stepped up to the challenge and produced the following (the rest is behind a paywall):

PATENT-SURVEY

Precise Mandate

The new patent system of the European Union shall start in 2017. After considerable arguments about the European Patent Office (EPO) and the planned Unified Patent Court (UPC), the way thereto is clear now. But industry remains concerned and expresses clear expectations to the responsible parties in the 2016 JUVE Patent Survey. It wants a functioning and uniform court system, as well as a a different style of leadership at the EPO – if necessary without its current president Benoît Battistelli.

Unfortunately, this introduction promotes the myth of UPC becoming a reality soon. Leaving that aside for today, the interesting part is about Battistelli, who rumours used to say wanted to become the head of the UPC (once he is done destroying the EPO and making a lot of examiners redundant). ⬆