[Humour] Bigger is Always Better When You're a Deluded Maximalist
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2020-07-04 12:15:36 UTC
- Modified: 2020-07-04 12:15:36 UTC
More monopolies = more innovation?
Summary: The EPO totally lost sight of its mission; it's just speeding everything up, very carelessly, not minding quality and accuracy/certainty/legal validity
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