Bonum Certa Men Certa

Communications of the Boards of Appeal of the EPO Still Controlled by the Office, Which Also Censors Public Input Submissions (Observations)

Virtual EBoA session



Summary: Just like in so-called 'third-world countries', the top court of the EPO has only the false promise of judicial independence and they've made it very obvious and easy for everybody to see

THE monolithic EPO is run by what EPO staff calls "Mafia". Basically, a few people at the top -- enjoying neither accountability nor oversight -- do whatever they want. They can even kidnap judges whose words and rulings they dislike. No consequences for libel of such judges (defaming them in collusion with bribed publishers), either.



"They tried telling the public that sending the judges to an unlawful location (as collective punishment) would somehow restore their autonomy while they censor submissions to them, spy on their E-mails, and stack the hearings with not-so-independent operatives of Campinos."Have things improved? Absolutely not. As we noted some weeks ago, the "Mafia" censors public submissions about obviously rigged cases of the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBoA/EBA), which is not even imaginably independent. The Enlarged Board of Appeal shows that all Boards of Appeal are basically kangaroo courts stacked for and by the "Mafia". They're given a little sandbox in which to play, under constant pressure, first from Benoît Battistelli and then António Campinos along with his operatives (that's how they managed to ram European software patents down our throats).

Someone who tuned in to the latest 'fixed' hearing (last month) intends to do so again this coming Friday and here's the message sent by the not-so-independent kangaroo court, sporting a not-so-independent E-mail address that the Office will spy on.

Dear xxxxxxxxxx,

We are pleased to confirm your registration for the live stream of the oral proceedings before the Enlarged Board of Appeal in case G 1/21 on Friday, 2 July from 09:00.

Please use the link below to access the streaming page at the start of the oral proceedings.

We recommend that you connect a few minutes beforehand to ensure everything is working for you.

If you have any questions, please contact us. <mailto:EBARegistry@epo.org>

Kind regards,

Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office 8inOne | Richard-Reitzner-Allee 8 | 85540 Haar | Germany Tel. +49 (0)89 2399 3026 EBARegistry@epo.org <mailto:EBARegistry@epo.org>


They tried telling the public that sending the judges to an unlawful location (as collective punishment) would somehow restore their autonomy while they censor submissions to them, spy on their E-mails, and stack the hearings with not-so-independent operatives of Campinos. As we said recently, "The EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal Has Already Lost the Case in the Court of Public Opinion" (irrespective of what will happen this coming Friday). Get popcorn and watch the legitimacy of Campinos going up in flames (before fireworks; the US celebrates independence, unlike EBA).

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