ONE of our informants regarding abuses at the European Patent Office (EPO) is itself a victim of the EPO and of Nokia. It reached us after it had read one of our many articles (as did German academia, whom we spoke to earlier this week). It seems to have become widespread knowledge that things at the EPO are rotten.

"So maybe that's another thing Temer and Battistelli have in common.""The jailed Brazilian president had axis in Finland," this reader told us about this report. "The same people is related to our patent/Nokia and also Elcoteq/Brazil case." The headline says "Brazil's ex-President Temer jailed, accused of heading 'criminal organization'" (strong words from Reuters).

So maybe that's another thing Temer and Battistelli have in common. As for António Campinos, he continues Battistelli's job, including the introduction of software patents in Europe -- as we shall note in our next post.

"In short, one could best describe the current EPO administration as follows: "Crooked man, good night. Yes man, good morning". For what it’s worth," said this Twitter account, adding this photo later (image reposted above).

Remember that it took almost a decade to arrest Battistelli's boss, the ex-President of France. ⬆