THE DAILY LINKS, which we shall try posting twice rather than just once a day (depending on volume of news and time available), contain several new examples of software patents (wrongly granted by the USPTO) being thrown out because of 35 U.S.C. €§ 101. Courts do not accept these. Over the past week we also included examples of European Patents being thrown out, citing similar grounds. It's no secret that António Campinos, on behalf of the European Patent Office (EPO) but not the Organisation, pressures judges to allow software patents. Campinos actively and knowingly violates the EPC; last month he gloated about it in his IAM interview (puff piece with truly easy questions).

"That's an essential function in a real democracy with checks and balances."Later this year it'll be 6 years since we started covering EPO affairs closely. Earlier this week the list of EPO articles listed in our wiki page passed 3,500 entries. But much work and activism remain to be done, seeing how staff is being attacked along with the EPC during a pandemic.

We wish to thank all our sources, who regularly inform us about EPO affairs and sometimes send hard, verifiable material at great personal risk. Without those brave people, certainly we wouldn't have had much to report. Without them, the general population would be a lot less familiar with the severe problems. If we end up as a sort of 'conduit' for aggrieved insiders, so be it. That's an essential function in a real democracy with checks and balances. For a system of justice to function -- including the patent system -- it must be seen. Public Relations "tweets" don't cut it. ⬆